WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Middle French, according to kaikki.org data.
1,292 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| CAP | [v. CAPPED, CAPPING°, CAPS] · to provide with a cap |
| FOY | [n. FOYS] · a farewell feast or gift |
| HOD | [n. -S] · a portable trough |
| LAX | [a. LAXER, LAXEST] · not strict or stringent / ----- [n. -ES] · a vowel articulated with relatively relaxed muscles (=laxes) |
| MAW | [v. MAWED, MAWN, MAWING, MAWS] · to mow / [x] { maw mawn mow § maws mows § mawing mow mowed mowing mown mows § mawed } |
| ORG | [n. -S] · an organization |
| PEN | [v. PENNED, PENNING, PENS] · to write with a pen |
| SAT | < SIT, [v. SAT, SAT or SITTEN, SITTING°, SITS] · to rest on the buttocks |
| AGUE | [n. -S] · a malarial fever - AGUED AGUELIKE AGUISH [a.] AGUISHLY [b.] (=agued) / [x] { ague § agues § ague agued agues § agued aguelike aguish § aguishly } |
| AMIR | [n. -S] · a Muslim~ prince or governor / [x] { admiral ameer amir emeer emir § ameers amirs emeers emirs } |
| ANUS | [n. -ES] · the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal |
| BIAS | [v. -ASED or -ASSED, -ASING or -ASSING, -ASES or -ASSES] · to prejudice - BIASEDLY [b.] / [x] { bias biasing biassing § biases biasses § bias biased biases biasing biassed biasses biassing § bias biased biassed § bias biasedly } |
| BILE | [n. -S] · a fluid secreted by the liver |
| CARD | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to provide with a card |
| CASH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to convert into cash - CASHABLE [a.] / [x] { cash cashes § cash cashed cashes cashing encash encashed encashes encashing § cash cashable cashed } |
| CEDE | [v. CEDED, CEDING, CEDES] · to yield |
| CLEF | [n. -S] · a musical symbol |
| CONE | [v. CONED, CONING, CONES] · to shape like a cone |
| DEAL | [v. DEALT, DEALING°, DEALS] · to trade or do business |
| DEET | [n. -S] · an insect repellent |
| DOGE | [n. -S] · the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice~ and Genoa |
| DOME | [v. DOMED, DOMING, DOMES] · to cover with a dome |
| DOSE | [v. DOSED, DOSING, DOSES] · to give a specified quantity of medicine to / [x] { dose doze dozing § dozes § dose doze dozed dozes dozing § adoze § adoze } |
| DRAB | [a. DRABBER, DRABBEST] · cheerless «without joy, gladness, or comfort» / ----- [v. DRABBED, DRABBING, DRABS] · to consort with prostitutes |
| EMIR | [n. -S] · an Arab~ chieftain or prince / [x] { admiral ameer amir emeer emir § ameers amirs emeers emirs } |
| FIEF | [n. -S] · a feudal estate / [x] { feod fief fiefdom § feods fiefdoms fiefs } |
| FISC | [n. -S] · a state or royal treasury |
| GARB | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to clothe |
| GERM | [n. -S] · a microorganism that causes disease |
| GEST | [n. -S] · a feat / [x] { gest geste § gestes gests } |
| HAJI | [n. -S] · hadji / [x] { hadjee hadji haggis haji hajji § hadjees hadjis hajis hajjis } |
| LIEN | [n. -S] · a legal right to hold or sell a debtor's property |
| LIEU | [n. -S] · place; stead |
| LOBE | [n. -S] · a rounded, projecting anatomical part - LOBED [a.] |
| LUTE | [v. LUTED, LUTING°, LUTES] · to play a lute |
| MASK | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to cover with a mask - MASKABLE [a.] |
| MUSE | [v. MUSED, MUSING°, MUSES] · to ponder |
| NULL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to reduce to nothing |
| OBIT | [n. -S] · an obituary |
| PAGE | [v. PAGED, PAGING°, PAGES] · to summon by calling out the name of |
| PEEK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to look furtively or quickly |
| PEND | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to remain undecided or unsettled |
| PEON | [n. -S or -ES] · an unskilled laborer |
| PEST | [n. -S] · an annoying person or thing |
| PLAT | [v. PLATTED, PLATTING, PLATS] · to plait / [x] { plait plat platting pleat § plaits plats pleats § plait plaited plaiting plaits plat plats platted platting pleat pleated pleating pleats § plat pleated § plat } |
| PONY | [v. -NIED, -NYING, -NIES] · to prepare lessons with the aid of a literal translation |
| PROG | [v. PROGGED, PROGGING, PROGS] · to prowl about for food or plunder |
| RISK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to expose to a risk |
| SORB | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to take up and hold by absorption or adsorption - SORBABLE [a.] |
| TALC | [v. TALCKED or TALCED, TALCKING or TALCING, TALCS] · to treat with talc - TALCKY TALCOSE TALCOUS [a.] / [x] { talc talcum § talcs talcums § talc talced talcing talcked talcking talcs talcum talcumed talcuming talcums § talcky talcose talcous } |
| TOME | [n. -S] · a large book |
| VASE | [n. -S] · a rounded, decorative container - VASELIKE [a.] |
| VENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to provide with a vent |
| VERT | [n. -S] · the heraldic color green |
| VIOL | [n. -S] · a stringed instrument |
| ZERO | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES or -S] · to aim at the exact center of a target |
| ADAGE | [n. -S] · a traditional saying expressing a common observation - ADAGIAL [a.] |
| AGLET | [n. -S] · a metal sheath at the end of a lace / [x] { aglet aiglet aiguillette § aglets aiglets } |
| ALLOY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to combine to form an alloy |
| AMEER | [n. -S] · amir / [x] { admiral ameer amir emeer emir § ameers amirs emeers emirs } |
| ANNAL | [n. -S] · a record of a single year |
| ANTRE | [n. -S] · a cave |
| BLOND | [a. BLONDER, BLONDEST] · light-colored~ / ----- [n. -S] · a blond person / [x] { blond blonde § blondes blonds § blond blonde blondes blonds § blond blonde blonder blondest } |
| BOURN | [n. -S] · a stream / [x] { born bourn bourne burn burned burnt § bournes bourns burns § born brent burn burned burning burns burnt § burned burnt } |
| BOWEL | [v. -ELED or -ELLED, -ELING or -ELLING, -ELS] · to disbowel / [x] { bowel disemboweling disembowelling emboweling embowelling § bowels § bowel boweled boweling bowelled bowelling bowels disbowel disboweled disboweling disbowelled disbowelling disbowels disembowel disemboweled disemboweling disembowelled disembowelling disembowels embowel emboweled emboweling embowelled embowelling embowels § bowelled } |
| BRAVE | [a. BRAVER°, BRAVEST] · showing courage - BRAVELY [b.] / ----- [v. BRAVED BRAVING BRAVES] · to face with courage |
| BUDGE | [v. BUDGED, BUDGING, BUDGES] · to move slightly |
| BURSE | [n. -S] · a small bag or pouch |
| CANAL | [v. -NALLED or -NALED, -NALLING or -NALING, -NALS] · to dig an artificial waterway through / [x] { canal § canals § canal canaled canaling canalise canalised canalises canalising canalize canalized canalizes canalizing canalled canalling canals § canaled canalled } |
| CARAT | [n. -S] · a unit of weight for gems / [x] { carat karat § carats karats } |
| CAROB | [n. -S] · an evergreen tree |
| CHARD | [n. -S] · a variety of beet |
| CHART | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to map out |
| CLASS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to classify |
| CLIFF | [n. -S] · a high, steep face of rock / [x] { cliff clift § cliffs clifts } |
| COACH | [v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to tutor or train |
| CORBY | [n. CORBIES] · corbie «a raven or crow» / [x] { corbie corby § corbies } |
| CRAPE | [v. CRAPED, CRAPING, CRAPES] · to crepe / [x] { crape crepe § crapes crepes § crape craped crapes craping crepe creped crepes creping § creped } |
| CULET | [n. -S] · a piece of armor for the lower back |
| DEBIT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to charge with a debt |
| DEBUT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make one's first public appearance |
| DECRY | [v. -CRIED, -CRYING, -CRIES] · to denounce |
| DEITY | [n. -TIES] · a god or goddess |
| DUCAL | [a.] · pertaining to a duke - DUCALLY [b.] |
| DUCAT | [n. -S] · any of several gold coins formerly used in Europe~ |
| ELEGY | [n. -GIES] · a mournful poem for one who is dead |
| EMBAR | [v. -BARRED, -BARRING, -BARS] · to imprison |
| EMEER | [n. -S] · emir / [x] { admiral ameer amir emeer emir § ameers amirs emeers emirs } |
| ESCAR | [n. -S] · esker «a narrow ridge of gravel and sand» / [x] { escar eskar esker § escars eskars eskers } |
| ESSAY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to try |
| EVADE | [v. EVADED, EVADING, EVADES] · to escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit - EVADABLE EVADIBLE [a.] / [x] { evade evaded evades evading § evadable evadible } |
| EVITE | [v. EVITED, EVITING, EVITES] · to avoid - EVITABLE [a.] |
| EXULT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to rejoice greatly / [x] { exulting § exult exulted exulting exults § exultant exulting } |
| FARCE | [v. FARCED, FARCING, FARCES] · to fill out with witty material |
| FECAL | [a.] · pertaining to feces / [x] { faeces § faecal fecal } |
| FERAL | [n. -S] · a wild beast (=ferals) / [x] { feral ferine § ferals § feral ferine } |
| FLASK | [n. -S] · a narrow-necked~ container |
| GLEEK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to gibe «to jeer» |
| GRADE | [v. GRADED, GRADING, GRADES] · to arrange in steps or degrees - GRADABLE [a.] |
| GUARD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to protect |
| GULES | [n. GULES] · the color red |
| HADJI | [n. -S] · one who has made a hadj / [x] { hadjee hadji haggis haji hajji § hadjees hadjis hajis hajjis } |
| HAJJI | [n. -S] · hadji / [x] { hadjee hadji haggis haji hajji § hadjees hadjis hajis hajjis } |
| HYMEN | [n. -S] · a vaginal membrane - HYMENAL [a.] |
| INAPT | [a.] · not apt - INAPTLY [b.] (=inapter~ inaptest~) / [x] { inapt unapt § inaptly } |
| INEPT | [a. -ER, -EST] · not suitable - INEPTLY [b.] (=inepter ineptest) |
| ISLET | [n. -S] · a small island - ISLETED [a.] (=isleted) |
| KARAT | [n. -S] · a unit of quality for gold / [x] { carat karat § carats karats } |
| LEGER | [n. -S] · fishing bait made to lie on the bottom |
| LOYAL | [a. -ALER, -ALEST] · faithful to one's allegiance |
| MIZEN | [n. -S] · mizzen / [x] { mizen mizzen § mizens mizzens § mizen mizzen } |
| MODAL | [n. -S] · a verb used with other verbs to express mood or taste (=modals) |
| MODEL | [v. -ELED or -ELLED, -ELING° or -ELLING°, -ELS] · to plan or form after a pattern / [x] { model § models § model modeled modeling modelled modelling models § model modeled modelled } |
| MULCT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to defraud |
| NACRE | [n. -S] · the pearly internal layer of certain shells - NACRED NACREOUS [a.] |
| NOMAD | [n. -S] · a wanderer - NOMADIC [a.] |
| OCCUR | [v. -CURRED, -CURRING, -CURS] · to take place |
| ODEUM | [n. ODEA or ODEUMS] · a theater or concert hall / [x] { odeon odeum § odea odeons odeums } |
| OPINE | [v. OPINED, OPINING, OPINES] · to hold or state as an opinion |
| OPTIC | [n. -S] · an eye |
| PANIC | [v. -ICKED, -ICKING, -ICS] · to be overwhelmed by fear |
| PAROL | [n. -S] · an utterance |
| PERDU | [n. -S] · a soldier sent on a dangerous mission / [x] { perdu perdue § perdues perdus § perdu perdue } |
| PIQUE | [v. PIQUED, PIQUING, PIQUES] · to arouse anger or resentment in |
| PLUME | [v. PLUMED, PLUMING, PLUMES] · to cover with feathers |
| QUINT | [n. -S] · a group of five |
| RALLY | [v. -LIED, -LYING°, -LIES] · to call together for a common purpose |
| RAPID | [a. -IDER, -IDEST] · moving or acting with great speed - RAPIDLY [b.] / ----- [n. -S] · a fast-moving~ part of a river |
| RHOMB | [n. -S] · a rhombus / [x] { rhomb rhombus § rhombi rhombs rhombuses } |
| ROSET | [n. -S] · resin |
| SABOT | [n. -S] · a wooden shoe - SABOTED [a.] |
| SALON | [n. -S] · a large room in which guests are received |
| SPINY | [a. SPINIER, SPINIEST] · bearing or covered with thorns / [x] { spiny § spinier spiniest spinose spinous spiny } |
| SUITE | [n. -S] · a series of things forming a unit |
| TACIT | [a.] · unspoken - TACITLY [b.] |
| TAINT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to touch or affect slightly with something bad |
| TERNE | [n. -S] · an alloy of lead and tin |
| TORSE | [n. -S] · a wreath of twisted silks |
| TRAIT | [n. -S] · a distinguishing characteristic |
| TRANS | [a.] · characterized by the arrangement of different atoms on opposite sides of the molecule |
| TULIP | [n. -S] · a flowering plant |
| TUNIC | [n. -S] · a loose-fitting~ garment / [x] { tunic tunicle § tunicles tunics } |
| UMBER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to color with a brown pigment |
| UNIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to make into a coherent whole / [x] { unifying § unified unifies unify unifying § unific unified unifying } |
| URBAN | [a.] · pertaining to a city |
| UTILE | [n. -S] · an African~ hardwood tree (=utiles) / [x] { utile § utiles § useful utile § usefully } |
| VALET | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to act as a personal servant to |
| VALID | [a.] · based on evidence that can be supported |
| VERGE | [v. VERGED, VERGING, VERGES] · to come near |
| VIPER | [n. -S] · a venomous snake - VIPERINE VIPERISH VIPEROUS [a.] |
| VOGUE | [v. VOGUED, VOGUING° or VOGUEING°, VOGUES] · to imitate poses of fashion models |
| ABSURD | [a. -SURDER, -SURDEST] · ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable - ABSURDLY [b.] / ----- [n. -S] · the condition in which man exists in an irrational and meaningless universe |
| ACCOST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to approach and speak to first |
| AIGLET | [n. -S] · aglet «a metal sheath at the end of a lace» / [x] { aglet aiglet aiguillette § aglets aiglets } |
| ALLUDE | [v. -LUDED, -LUDING, -LUDES] · to make an indirect reference |
| ANNALS | < ANNAL, [n. -S] · a record of a single year |
| APOGEE | [n. -S] · the point in the orbit of a body which is farthest from the earth - APOGEAL APOGEAN APOGEIC [a.] |
| ASSORT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to distribute into groups according to kind or class |
| ATTEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to affirm to be true or genuine |
| BAZAAR | [n. -S] · a marketplace / [x] { bazaar bazar § bazaars bazars } |
| BLONDE | [n. -S] · blond / [x] { blond blonde § blondes blonds § blond blonde blondes blonds § blond blonde blonder blondest } |
| BOURNE | [n. -S] · bourn / [x] { born bourn bourne burn burned burnt § bournes bourns burns § born brent burn burned burning burns burnt § burned burnt } |
| CANTON | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to divide into cantons |
| CAPLIN | [n. -S] · capelin «a small, edible fish» / [x] { capelan § capelans capelin capelins caplin caplins } |
| CARROT | [n. -S] · an edible orange root |
| CASTOR | [n. -S] · caster / [x] { caster castor § casters castors § caster castered casters castor } |
| CASUAL | [n. -S] · one who works occasionally |
| CAVIAR | [n. -S] · the roe of sturgeon / [x] { caviar caviare § caviares caviars } |
| CAVITY | [n. -TIES] · an unfilled space within a mass - CAVITIED [a.] |
| COLLET | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to set a gem in a rim or ring |
| COMBAT | [v. -BATED or -BATTED, -BATING or -BATTING, -BATS] · to fight against / [x] { combat § combats § combat combated combating combats combatted combatting } |
| CONFER | [v. -FERRED, -FERRING, -FERS] · to bestow |
| CONVEX | [n. -ES] · a surface or body that is convex |
| CORBIE | [n. -S] · a raven or crow / [x] { corbie corby § corbies } |
| CREDIT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to accept as true |
| CRITIC | [n. -S] · one who judges the merits of something - CRITICAL [a.] |
| CURIAL | < CURIA, [n. -RIAE] · a court of justice - CURIAL [a.] |
| CUTLET | [n. -S] · a slice of meat |
| CYSTIC | [a.] · pertaining to a cyst |
| DECENT | [a. -CENTER°, -CENTEST] · conforming to recognized standards of propriety - DECENTLY [b.] |
| DEFRAY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to pay |
| DEIFIC | [a.] · godlike / [x] { deific deifical } |
| DEMENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make insane |
| DENTAL | [n. -S] · a dentally produced sound |
| DENUDE | [v. -NUDED, -NUDING, -NUDES] · to strip of all covering / [x] { denudate denudated denudates denudating denude denuded denudes denuding § denudate denuded } |
| DESERT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to abandon |
| DESIST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cease doing something |
| DESPOT | [n. -S] · a tyrant - DESPOTIC [a.] |
| DETAIL | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to report with complete particulars |
| DETEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to dislike intensely |
| DEVEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to divest / [x] { devest devested devesting devests divest divested divesting divests } |
| EFFACE | [v. -FACED, -FACING, -FACES] · to rub or wipe out |
| EFFUSE | [v. -FUSED, -FUSING, -FUSES] · to pour forth |
| ELAPSE | [v. ELAPSED, ELAPSING, ELAPSES] · to pass away |
| EMBARK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make a start / [x] { embarking § embark embarked embarking embarks imbark imbarked imbarking imbarks } |
| EMERGE | [v. EMERGED, EMERGING, EMERGES] · to come out into view |
| EMPALE | [v. -PALED, -PALING, -PALES] · to impale / [x] { impaling § empale empaled empales empaling impale impaled impales impaling § impaled } |
| ENTRAP | [v. -TRAPPED, -TRAPPING, -TRAPS] · to trap / [x] { trap § traps § entrap entrapped entrapping entraps trap trapped trapping traps trapt § trapped } |
| ESCHAR | [n. -S] · a hard, dry scab |
| ESTEEM | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to have a high opinion of |
| EVINCE | [v. EVINCED, EVINCING, EVINCES] · to show clearly - EVINCIVE [a.] |
| EXCEPT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to leave out |
| EXHALE | [v. -HALED, -HALING, -HALES] · to expel air or vapor |
| EXOTIC | [n. -S] · something from another part of the world / [x] { exotic exotism § exotics exotisms § exotic } |
| EXTERN | [n. -S] · a nonresident of an institution / [x] { extern externe § externes externs § extern } |
| FACILE | [a.] · easily achieved or performed - FACILELY [b.] |
| FACTOR | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to express as a product of two or more quantities |
| FAECAL | < FAECES, [n.] · feces - FAECAL [a.] / [x] { faeces § faecal fecal } |
| FAMINE | [n. -S] · a widespread scarcity of food |
| FECUND | [a.] · fruitful |
| FESTAL | [a.] · festive - FESTALLY [b.] / [x] { feastful § feastful festal festive § festally } |
| FISCAL | [n. -S] · a public prosecutor |
| FLINCH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to shrink back involuntarily / [x] { flensing § flench flenched flenches flenching flense flensed flenses flensing flinch } |
| FRUGAL | [a.] · thrifty - FRUGALLY [b.] |
| FUSION | [n. -S] · the act of melting together - FUSIONAL [a.] (=fusional) |
| FUTILE | [a.] · having no useful result - FUTILELY [b.] |
| GAIETY | [n. -ETIES] · festive activity / [x] { gaiety gayety § gaieties gayeties } |
| GAYETY | [n. -ETIES] · gaiety / [x] { gaiety gayety § gaieties gayeties } |
| GLUTEN | [n. -S] · a tough elastic plant protein substance |
| GREIGE | [n. -S] · fabric in an unfinished state |
| HADJEE | [n. -S] · hadji / [x] { hadjee hadji haggis haji hajji § hadjees hadjis hajis hajjis } |
| HARASS | [v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to bother persistently |
| HEAUME | [n. -S] · a medieval helmet |
| HEROIC | [n. -S] · an epic verse |
| HOOPOE | [n. -S] · a European~ bird / [x] { hoopoe hoopoo § hoopoes hoopoos } |
| HOOPOO | [n. -POOS] · hoopoe «a European~ bird» / [x] { hoopoe hoopoo § hoopoes hoopoos } |
| IAMBIC | [n. -S] · an iamb «a type of metrical foot» / [x] { iamb iambic iambus § iambi iambics iambs iambuses § iambic } |
| IMBARK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to embark / [x] { embarking § embark embarked embarking embarks imbark imbarked imbarking imbarks } |
| IMMURE | [v. -MURED, -MURING, -MURES] · to imprison / [x] { immure immuring mure § immures mures § immure immured immures immuring mure mured mures muring § immured mure } |
| IMPALE | [v. -PALED, -PALING, -PALES] · to pierce with a pointed object / [x] { impaling § empale empaled empales empaling impale impaled impales impaling § impaled } |
| IMPOST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to determine customs duties |
| IMPUGN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make insinuations against |
| IMPURE | [a. IMPURER, IMPUREST] · not pure - IMPURELY [b.] (=impurer impurest) / [x] { impure § impure impurer impurest unpure § impurely } |
| IMPUTE | [v. -PUTED, -PUTING, -PUTES] · to credit to a person or a cause |
| INDIGN | [a.] · disgraceful - INDIGNLY [b.] |
| INFECT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to contaminate with disease-producing~ germs |
| INSECT | [n. -S] · any of a class of small invertebrate animals |
| INSIST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to be resolute on some matter |
| INTACT | [a.] · not damaged in any way - INTACTLY [b.] (=intactly) |
| INVERT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to turn upside down |
| INVEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to commit something of value for future profit |
| INVITE | [v. -VITED, -VITING, -VITES] · to request the presence of |
| JACKET | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to provide with a jacket |
| JOVIAL | [a.] · good-humored~ - JOVIALLY [b.] |
| LACKEY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to act in a servile manner / [x] { lackey lacquey § lackeys lacqueys § lackey lackeyed lackeying lackeys lacquey lacqueyed lacqueying lacqueys } |
| LAMENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to express sorrow or regret for |
| LAXITY | [n. -ITIES] · the state of being lax / [x] { laxity laxness § laxities laxnesses } |
| LENITY | [n. -TIES] · leniency / [x] { lenience leniency lenity § leniences leniencies lenities } |
| LURDAN | [n. -S] · a lazy or stupid person / [x] { lurdan lurdane § lurdanes lurdans } |
| MARMOT | [n. -S] · a burrowing rodent |
| MASQUE | [n. -S] · a dramatic entertainment formerly popular in England~ |
| MEDIAN | [n. -S] · a central part |
| MEGRIM | [n. -S] · a migraine / [x] { megrim migraine § megrims migraines } |
| MENTAL | [a.] · pertaining to the mind - MENTALLY [b.] |
| METHOD | [n. -S] · a means of procedure |
| MINION | [n. -S] · a servile follower |
| MIZZEN | [n. -S] · a type of sail / [x] { mizen mizzen § mizens mizzens § mizen mizzen } |
| MODEST | [a. -ESTER, -ESTEST] · having a moderate regard for oneself - MODESTLY [b.] |
| MOIETY | [n. -ETIES] · a half |
| MORION | [n. -S] · a type of helmet / [x] { morion morrion § morions morrions } |
| MURREY | [n. -REYS] · a dark purple color |
| MUTINE | [v. -TINED, -TINING, -TINES] · to mutiny / [x] { mutine mutineer mutiny mutinying § mutineers mutines mutinies § mutine mutined mutineer mutineered mutineering mutineers mutines mutinied mutinies mutining mutiny mutinying } |
| MUTUAL | [n. -S] · a mutual fund (=mutuals) |
| NIGGER | [n. -S] · a black person -- an offensive term |
| NOTICE | [v. -TICED, -TICING, -TICES] · to become aware of |
| OFFEND | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to commit an offense |
| OPPUGN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to assail with argument |
| ORIOLE | [n. -S] · an American~ songbird |
| PAPIST | [n. -S] · a Roman Catholic -- usually used disparagingly - PAPISTIC [a.] |
| PARITY | [n. -TIES] · equality |
| PAROLE | [v. -ROLED, -ROLING, -ROLES] · to release from prison before completion of the imposed sentence |
| PARROT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to repeat or imitate without thought or understanding |
| PEDANT | [n. -S] · one who flaunts his knowledge - PEDANTIC [a.] |
| PERDUE | [n. -S] · perdu / [x] { perdu perdue § perdues perdus § perdu perdue } |
| PERRON | [n. -S] · an outdoor stairway |
| PESTER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bother |
| PETARD | [n. -S] · an explosive device |
| PINEAL | [n. -S] · a gland in the brain |
| PLANCH | [n. -ES] · a plank / [x] { planch planche plank § planches planks § planch planches plank planked planking planks § planked } |
| PLEACH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to weave together / [x] { plash plashing pleach pleaching § plashes pleaches § plash plashed plashes plashing pleach pleached pleaches pleaching § plashed pleached § plash } |
| PONTON | [n. -S] · pontoon / [x] { ponton pontoon pontooning § pontons pontoons § pontooned § pontooned } |
| PTISAN | [n. -S] · a tea of herbs or barley / [x] { ptisan tisane § ptisans tisanes } |
| RALLYE | [n. -S] · a type of automobile race |
| RAMIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to divide into branches |
| RAPIER | [n. -S] · a long, slender sword - RAPIERED [a.] |
| RARITY | [n. -TIES] · rareness «the quality of being rare» / [x] { rareness rarity § rarenesses rarities } |
| RECIPE | [n. -S] · a set of instructions for making something |
| REGAIN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to gain again + |
| REMARK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to say or write briefly or casually |
| REPAST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to eat or feast |
| RESENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to feel or express annoyance or ill will at |
| RESIGN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give up one's office or position |
| RESILE | [v. -SILED, -SILING, -SILES] · to spring back |
| REVEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to vest again + |
| REVISE | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · to make a new or improved version of |
| REVOKE | [v. -VOKED, -VOKING, -VOKES] · to annul by taking back |
| RISQUE | [a.] · bordering on impropriety or indecency |
| RIVAGE | [n. -S] · a coast, shore, or bank |
| SACBUT | [n. -S] · sackbut «a medieval trombone» / [x] { sacbut sackbut sagbut § sacbuts sackbuts sagbuts } |
| SAGBUT | [n. -S] · sackbut «a medieval trombone» / [x] { sacbut sackbut sagbut § sacbuts sackbuts sagbuts } |
| SALLET | [n. -S] · a light medieval helmet |
| SAPPER | [n. -S] · a military engineer |
| SCRIPT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to prepare a written text for, as a play or motion picture |
| SERAIL | [n. -S] · a seraglio «a harem» / [x] { seraglio serai serail § seraglios serails serais } |
| SEVERE | [a. -VERER, -VEREST] · unsparing in the treatment of others - SEVERELY [b.] |
| SHAMOY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to chamois / [x] { chammy shammy shamois shamoy shamoying § chammies chamois chamoises chamoix shammies shamoys § chammied chammies chammy chammying chamois chamoised chamoises chamoising shammied shammies shammy shammying shamoy shamoyed shamoying shamoys § chamois } |
| SILVAN | [n. -S] · sylvan / [x] { silvan sylvan § silvans sylvans § silvan sylvan } |
| SOCIAL | [n. -S] · a friendly gathering / [x] { sociable social § sociables socials § sociable social } |
| SONNET | [v. -NETED or -NETTED, -NETING or -NETTING, -NETS] · to compose a sonnet |
| SPARGE | [v. SPARGED, SPARGING, SPARGES] · to sprinkle |
| SPINNY | [n. -NIES] · spinney «a thicket» / ----- [a. -NIER, -NIEST] · crazy, foolish (=spinnier spinniest) / [x] { spinney spinny § spinneys spinnies § spinnier spinniest spinny } |
| SPRAIN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to weaken by a sudden and violent twisting or wrenching |
| SPRING | [v. SPRANG° or SPRUNG, SPRINGING°, SPRINGS] · to move upward suddenly and swiftly |
| STYLET | [n. -S] · a small, stiff organ or appendage of certain animals |
| SUBORN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to induce to commit perjury |
| SULTAN | [n. -S] · the ruler of a Muslim~ country - SULTANIC [a.] / [x] { soldan soudan suldan sultan § soldans soudans suldans sultans § sultanic } |
| SYLVAN | [n. -S] · one that lives in a forest / [x] { silvan sylvan § silvans sylvans § silvan sylvan } |
| SYSTEM | [n. -S] · a group of interacting elements forming a unified whole |
| TAILLE | [n. -S°] · a former French tax |
| TALION | [n. -S] · a retaliation for a crime |
| THYRSE | [n. -S] · thyrsus «a type of flower cluster» / [x] { thyrse thyrsoid thyrsus § thyrses thyrsi § thyrsoid } |
| TOCSIN | [n. -S] · an alarm sounded on a bell |
| TURBAN | [n. -S] · a head covering worn by Muslims~ - TURBANED [a.] / [x] { turban § turbans § turban turbaned turbans § turbaned turbanned } |
| URBANE | [a. -BANER, -BANEST] · refined and elegant - URBANELY [b.] |
| URGENT | [a.] · requiring immediate attention - URGENTLY [b.] |
| VOLLEY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to return a tennis ball before it touches the ground |
| WIGEON | [n. -S] · widgeon «a river duck» / [x] { widgeon wigeon § widgeons wigeons } |
| ABDOMEN | [n. -MENS or -MINA] · the body cavity containing the viscera |
| ABSCOND | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to depart suddenly and secretly |
| AMNESTY | [v. -TIED, -TYING, -TIES] · to pardon |
| ANAGRAM | [v. -GRAMMED, -GRAMMING, -GRAMS] · to transpose the letters of a word or phrase to form a new one |
| AQUATIC | [n. -S] · an organism living or growing in or near water |
| ARTISAN | [n. -S] · a trained or skilled workman |
| ATHEIST | [n. -S] · a believer in atheism |
| AUDIBLE | [v. -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] · to call a substitute play in football (=audibled audibling) |
| AUSPICE | [n. -S] · a favorable omen / [x] { auspex auspice § auspices § auspice auspices } |
| AVERAGE | [v. -AGED, -AGING, -AGES] · to calculate the arithmetic mean of |
| BATTERY | [n. -TERIES] · a device for generating an electric current / [x] { batterie battery § batteries } |
| BRAVERY | [n. -ERIES] · courage |
| BROCKET | [n. -S] · a small, red deer |
| BUFFOON | [n. -S] · a clown |
| CADENCE | [v. -DENCED, -DENCING, -DENCES] · to make rhythmic |
| CADENCY | [n. -CIES] · a rhythm |
| CALVARY | [n. -RIES] · a representation of the Crucifixion |
| CAPABLE | [a. -BLER, -BLEST] · having ability - CAPABLY [b.] |
| CAPELAN | [n. -S] · capelin «a small, edible fish» / [x] { capelan § capelans capelin capelins caplin caplins } |
| CAPELIN | [n. -S] · a small, edible fish / [x] { capelan § capelans capelin capelins caplin caplins } |
| CAPTIVE | [n. -S] · a prisoner |
| CAPTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to take by force or cunning |
| CARDOON | [n. -S] · a perennial plant / [x] { cardon cardoon § cardons cardoons } |
| CARNAGE | [n. -S] · great and bloody slaughter |
| CAVALRY | [n. -RIES] · a mobile army unit |
| CAVIARE | [n. -S] · caviar / [x] { caviar caviare § caviares caviars } |
| CHAMFER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to groove |
| CHAMOIS | [n. -OIX] · a soft leather / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to prepare leather like chamois / [x] { chammy shammy shamois shamoy shamoying § chammies chamois chamoises chamoix shammies shamoys § chammied chammies chammy chammying chamois chamoised chamoises chamoising shammied shammies shammy shammying shamoy shamoyed shamoying shamoys § chamois } |
| CHAMOIX | < CHAMOIS, [n. -OIX] · a soft leather / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to prepare leather like chamois / [x] { chammy shammy shamois shamoy shamoying § chammies chamois chamoises chamoix shammies shamoys § chammied chammies chammy chammying chamois chamoised chamoises chamoising shammied shammies shammy shammying shamoy shamoyed shamoying shamoys § chamois } |
| CHAPEAU | [n. -PEAUX or -PEAUS] · a hat |
| CLYSTER | [n. -S] · an enema |
| CODICIL | [n. -S] · a supplement to a will |
| COLONEL | [n. -S] · a military officer |
| COMPETE | [v. -PETED, -PETING, -PETES] · to vie |
| COMPLOT | [v. -PLOTTED, -PLOTTING, -PLOTS] · to conspire |
| COMRADE | [n. -S] · a close friend |
| CONCEPT | [n. -S] · a general idea |
| CONCERN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to be of interest to |
| CONFINE | [v. -FINED, -FINING, -FINES] · to shut within an enclosure |
| CONFORM | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to become the same or similar |
| CONFUTE | [v. -FUTED, -FUTING, -FUTES] · to disprove |
| CONSIGN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give over to another's care |
| CONSIST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to be made up or composed |
| CONSORT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to keep company |
| CONSULT | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to ask an opinion of |
| CONVENE | [v. -VENED, -VENING, -VENES] · to assemble / [x] { convening convent § convents § convene convened convenes convening convent convented conventing convents § convented } |
| CONVOKE | [v. -VOKED, -VOKING, -VOKES] · to cause to assemble |
| CORIVAL | † [n. -S] · a rival / [x] { corival corrival § corivals corrivals § corival corrival corrivals § corival corrival } |
| CORONET | [n. -S] · a small crown / [x] { coronet crownet § coronets crownets } |
| COSSACK | [n. -S] · a Russian~ cavalryman |
| CRUDITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being crude |
| CURSIVE | [n. -S] · a style of print |
| CURSORY | [a.] · hasty and superficial |
| CUTICLE | [n. -S] · the epidermis |
| CUTLASS | [n. -ES] · a short sword / [x] { curtalax cutlas cutlass § curtalaxes cutlases cutlasses § cutlass cutlasses } |
| DEBACLE | [n. -S] · a sudden collapse |
| DEBAUCH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to corrupt |
| DECALOG | [n. -S] · the Ten Commandments / [x] { decalog decalogue § decalogs decalogues } |
| DEGRADE | [v. -GRADED, -GRADING, -GRADES] · to debase |
| DENSITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being dense |
| DENTARY | [n. -RIES] · the lower jaw in mammals |
| DESSERT | [n. -S] · something served as the last course of a meal |
| DETRACT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to take away |
| DISBAND | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to break up |
| DISCUSS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to talk over or write about |
| DISGUST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause nausea or loathing in |
| DOWABLE | [a.] · entitled to an endowment |
| DOWAGER | [n. -S] · a dignified elderly woman |
| DYNASTY | [n. -TIES] · a succession of rulers from the same line of descent - DYNASTIC [a.] |
| ELEGIAC | [n. -S] · a type of verse |
| EMBASSY | [n. -SIES] · the headquarters of an ambassador |
| EMOTION | [n. -S] · an affective state of consciousness |
| ENTRAIN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to board a train |
| EPITOME | [n. -S] · a typical or ideal example - EPITOMIC [a.] / [x] { epitome § epitomes § epitomic epitomical } |
| EQUERRY | [n. -RIES] · an officer in charge of the care of horses |
| EROSION | [n. -S] · the act of eroding |
| EXTERNE | [n. -S] · extern «a nonresident of an institution» / [x] { extern externe § externes externs § extern } |
| FACTION | [n. -S] · a clique within a larger group |
| FARRIER | [n. -S] · one that shoes horses |
| FATUITY | [n. -ITIES] · something foolish or stupid |
| FICTIVE | [a.] · imaginary |
| FLUTIST | [n. -S] · one who plays the flute / [x] { flautist fluter flutist § flautists fluters flutists } |
| FLUXION | [n. -S] · the act of flowing |
| FOLIAGE | [n. -S] · the growth of leaves of a plant - FOLIAGED [a.] |
| FRAGILE | [a.] · easily broken or damaged |
| FUNERAL | [n. -S] · a ceremony held for a dead person / [x] { funeral funerary funereal } |
| GENERIC | [n. -S] · a type of drug |
| GIRAFFE | [n. -S] · a long-necked~ mammal |
| GRACILE | [a.] · gracefully slender |
| GRUMBLE | [v. -BLED, -BLING°, -BLES] · to mutter in discontent |
| HAGGARD | [n. -S] · an adult hawk |
| HAUTBOY | [n. -BOYS] · an oboe / [x] { hautboy oboe § hautbois hautboys oboes } |
| HOPPING | [n. -S] · a going from one place to another of the same kind |
| HOSTILE | [n. -S] · an unfriendly person |
| IGNOBLE | [a. -LER, -LEST] · of low character - IGNOBLY [b.] (=ignobler ignoblest) |
| IMMERGE | [v. -MERGED, -MERGING, -MERGES] · to immerse / [x] { immerge immerged immerges immerging immerse immersed immerses immersing § immerse immersed } |
| IMPLANT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to set securely |
| IMPLORE | [v. -PLORED, -PLORING, -PLORES] · to beg for urgently |
| IMPULSE | [v. -PULSED, -PULSING, -PULSES] · to give impetus to |
| INITIAL | [v. -TIALED or -TIALLED, -TIALING or -TIALLING, -TIALS] · to mark with the first letters of one's name |
| INUTILE | [a.] · useless |
| INVOICE | [v. -VOICED, -VOICING, -VOICES] · to bill |
| LANGUID | [a.] · lacking in vigor or vitality |
| LENIENT | [a.] · gently tolerant |
| LEXICON | [n. -CA or -CONS] · a dictionary |
| LITURGY | [n. -GIES] · a prescribed system of public worship - LITURGIC° [a.] / [x] { liturgy § liturgies § liturgic liturgical } |
| LURDANE | [n. -S] · lurdan «a lazy or stupid person» / [x] { lurdan lurdane § lurdanes lurdans } |
| MACHINE | [v. -CHINED, -CHINING°, -CHINES] · to process by machine |
| MANIPLE | [n. -S] · a silk band worn on the left arm as a vestment |
| MARITAL | [a.] · pertaining to marriage |
| MATELOT | [n. -S] · sailor |
| MISTRAL | [n. -S] · a cold, dry wind |
| MODESTY | [n. -TIES] · the quality of being modest |
| MONARCH | [n. -S] · an absolute ruler |
| MONOLOG | [v. -LOGGED, -LOGGING, -LOGS] · to deliver a monolog «a lengthy speech by one person» (=monologged monologging) / [x] { monolog monologue § monologs monologues § monolog monologged monologging monologs monologue monologued monologues monologuing } |
| MORRION | [n. -S] · morion «a type of helmet» / [x] { morion morrion § morions morrions } |
| MORTIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to humiliate |
| NACELLE | [n. -S] · a shelter on an aircraft |
| NEUTRAL | [n. -S] · one that is impartial |
| NOMBRIL | [n. -S] · a point on a heraldic shield |
| NULLITY | [n. -TIES] · something of no legal force |
| NUMBLES | [n.] · animal entrails / [x] { nombles numbles } |
| NUMERAL | [n. -S] · a symbol that expresses a number / [x] { numeral numeric § numerals numerics § numeral numeric } |
| OBLIQUE | [v. OBLIQUED, OBLIQUING, OBLIQUES] · to slant |
| ORIFICE | [n. -S] · a mouth or mouthlike opening |
| ORTOLAN | [n. -S] · a European~ bird |
| PARADOX | [n. -ES] · a statement seemingly contradictory or absurd yet perhaps true |
| PASSIVE | [n. -S] · a verb form |
| PECCANT | [a.] · sinful |
| PELISSE | [n. -S] · a long outer garment |
| PENALTY | [n. -TIES] · a punishment imposed for violation of a law, rule, or agreement |
| PENDANT | [n. -S] · a hanging ornament / [x] { pendant pendent § pendants pendents § pendent } |
| PENDENT | [n. -S] · pendant / [x] { pendant pendent § pendants pendents § pendent } |
| PERFIDY | [n. -DIES] · deliberate breach of faith or trust |
| PERFUME | [v. -FUMED, -FUMING, -FUMES] · to fill with a fragrant odor |
| PERIAPT | [n. -S] · an amulet |
| PERSIST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to continue resolutely in some activity |
| PINNACE | [n. -S] · a small sailing ship |
| PIONEER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to take part in the beginnings of |
| PIQUANT | [a.] · having an agreeably sharp taste |
| PLIABLE | [a.] · easily bent - PLIABLY [b.] |
| POLITIC | [a.] · shrewd |
| PONIARD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stab with a dagger |
| PONTIFF | [n. -S] · a pope or bishop |
| PONTOON | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to transport in a pontoon / [x] { ponton pontoon pontooning § pontons pontoons § pontooned § pontooned } |
| POSTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to assume a particular position |
| POTABLE | [n. -S] · a liquid suitable for drinking |
| POTENCE | [n. -S] · potency / [x] { potence potency § potences potencies } |
| PRECEDE | [v. -CEDED, -CEDING, -CEDES] · to go before |
| PREMIER | [n. -S] · a prime minister |
| PREPARE | [v. -PARED, -PARING, -PARES] · to put in proper condition or readiness |
| PROVOKE | [v. -VOKED, -VOKING, -VOKES] · to incite to anger or resentment |
| QUALIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to make suitable or capable |
| QUINTIN | [n. -S] · a fine linen |
| RAMPART | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to furnish with a fortifying embankment |
| RAPTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to fill with great joy |
| RECTORY | [n. -RIES] · a rector's dwelling |
| REMOUNT | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to mount again + |
| RETRACE | [v. -TRACED, -TRACING, -TRACES] · to go back over |
| REUNION | [n. -S] · a reuniting of persons after separation |
| REVENGE | [v. -VENGED, -VENGING, -VENGES] · to inflict injury in return for |
| REVENUE | [n. -S] · the income of a government - REVENUAL REVENUED [a.] |
| RISIBLE | [a.] · inclined to laugh - RISIBLY [b.] |
| ROSETTE | [n. -S] · an ornament resembling a rose - ROSETTED [a.] (=rosetted) |
| RUPTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to burst |
| SACKBUT | [n. -S] · a medieval trombone / [x] { sacbut sackbut sagbut § sacbuts sackbuts sagbuts } |
| SATIETY | [n. -ETIES] · the state of being satiated |
| SATIRIC | < SATIRE, [n. -S] · the use of derisive wit to attack folly or wickedness - SATIRIC [a.] / [x] { satire § satires § satiric satirical } |
| SCIATIC | [n. -S] · a nerve, vein, or artery situated near the hip |
| SEQUENT | [n. -S] · something that follows |
| SHAMOIS | [n. SHAMOIS] · chamois / [x] { chammy shammy shamois shamoy shamoying § chammies chamois chamoises chamoix shammies shamoys § chammied chammies chammy chammying chamois chamoised chamoises chamoising shammied shammies shammy shammying shamoy shamoyed shamoying shamoys § chamois } |
| SINCERE | [a. -CERER, -CEREST] · free from hypocrisy or falseness |
| SKEPTIC | [n. -S] · a person who doubts generally accepted ideas / [x] { sceptic skeptic § sceptics skeptics § sceptic skeptic } |
| SOCIETY | [n. -ETIES] · an organized group of persons - SOCIETAL [a.] |
| SPECTER | [n. -S] · a visible disembodied spirit / [x] { specter spectre § specters spectres } |
| SPINNEY | [n. -NEYS] · a thicket / [x] { spinney spinny § spinneys spinnies § spinnier spinniest spinny } |
| STERILE | [a.] · incapable of producing offspring |
| STUPEFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to dull the senses of |
| SURFACE | [v. -FACED, -FACING°, -FACES] · to apply an outer layer to |
| SYRINGE | [v. -RINGED, -RINGING, -RINGES] · to cleanse or treat with injected fluid |
| TACTILE | [a.] · pertaining to the sense of touch / [x] { tactile tactual } |
| TALLYHO | [v. -ED, -ING, -S or -ES] · to make an encouraging shout to hunting hounds (=tallyhoes) |
| TARRIER | [n. -S] · one that tarries «to delay or be slow in acting or doing» |
| TENDRIL | [n. -S] · a leafless organ of climbing plants |
| TENSION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make tense |
| TERRIER | [n. -S] · a small, active dog |
| TERRIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to fill with terror |
| TEXTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING°, -TURES] · to make by weaving |
| TITULAR | [n. -S] · one who holds a title / [x] { titular titulary § titularies titulars § titular titulary } |
| TRAFFIC | [v. -FICKED, -FICKING, -FICS] · to engage in buying and selling |
| TURKOIS | [n. -ES] · turquois «a greenish blue gem» / [x] { turkois turquois turquoise § turkoises turquoises § turquoise } |
| UMBRAGE | [n. -S] · resentment |
| UNIFORM | [a. -FORMER, -FORMEST] · unchanging / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make uniform |
| UTERINE | < UTERUS, [n. UTERI or UTERUSES] · an organ of female mammals - UTERINE [a.] |
| VARIOUS | [a.] · of diverse kinds |
| VERDANT | [a.] · green with vegetation / [x] { verdure virid § verdures § verdure verdured verdures § verdant verdured verdurous virid } |
| VERSION | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to create a new account or description from a particular point of view (=versioned versioning) |
| VESICLE | [n. -S] · a small bladder / [x] { vesicle vesicula § vesicles vesiculae } |
| VETERAN | [n. -S] · a former member of the armed forces |
| VICEROY | [n. -ROYS] · one who rules as the representative of a sovereign |
| VIRGULE | [n. -S] · a diagonal printing mark used to separate alternatives |
| VISCOID | [a.] · somewhat viscid |
| VISCOUS | [a.] · having relatively high resistance to flow / [x] { viscose § viscoses § viscid viscous § viscidly } |
| WIDGEON | [n. -S] · a river duck / [x] { widgeon wigeon § widgeons wigeons } |
| ACCOUTER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to equip / [x] { accouter accoutered accoutering accouters accoutre accoutred accoutres accoutring § accoutred } |
| ACCOUTRE | [v. -TRED, -TRING, -TRES] · to accouter «to equip» / [x] { accouter accoutered accoutering accouters accoutre accoutred accoutres accoutring § accoutred } |
| ACRIMONY | [n. -NIES] · sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper |
| ACROSTIC | [n. -S] · a poem in which certain letters taken in order form a word or phrase / [x] { acrostic § acrostics § acrostic acrostical } |
| ACTIVITY | [n. -TIES] · brisk action or movement |
| ADORABLE | [a.] · worthy of being adored - ADORABLY [b.] |
| AFFLUENT | [n. -S] · a stream that flows into another |
| AGRARIAN | [n. -S] · one who favors equal distribution of land |
| ANALOGIC | [a.] · pertaining to an analogy / [x] { analogic analogical } |
| ARMATURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to furnish with armor |
| AROMATIC | [n. -S] · a fragrant plant or substance |
| ARTESIAN | [a.] · pertaining to a type of well |
| ARTIFICE | [n. -S] · a clever stratagem |
| ATHLETIC | < ATHLETE, [n. -S] · one skilled in feats of physical strength and agility - ATHLETIC° [a.] |
| AUDITION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give a trial performance |
| BALUSTER | [n. -S] · a railing support |
| BOUFFANT | [n. -S] · a woman's hairdo |
| BRAGGART | [n. -S] · one who brags / [x] { braggart bragger § braggarts braggers § braggart bragger } |
| CALAMITY | [n. -TIES] · a grievous misfortune |
| CALENDER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to smooth by pressing between rollers |
| CANAILLE | [n. -S] · the common people |
| CARDINAL | [n. -S] · a bright red bird |
| CARNIVAL | [n. -S] · a traveling amusement show / [x] { carney carnie carnival carny § carneys carnies carnivals § carney carneys carnies carnival carnivals carny } |
| CARUNCLE | [n. -S] · a fleshy outgrowth |
| CAVALIER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to behave haughtily |
| CEPHALIC | [a.] · pertaining to the head |
| CHAPERON | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to accompany / [x] { chaperon chaperone chaperoning § chaperones chaperons § chaperon chaperone chaperoned chaperones chaperoning chaperons § chaperoned } |
| CLAVICLE | [n. -S] · a bone of the shoulder |
| COMMERCE | [v. -MERCED, -MERCING, -MERCES] · to commune |
| CONDENSE | [v. -DENSED, -DENSING, -DENSES] · to compress |
| CONFRONT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to face defiantly |
| CONJOINT | < CONJOIN, [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to join together - CONJOINT [a.] / [x] { conjoin conjoining § conjoins § cojoin cojoined cojoining cojoins conjoin conjoined conjoining conjoins § conjoined conjoint } |
| CORRIVAL | [n. -S] · a rival or opponent / [x] { corival corrival § corivals corrivals § corival corrival corrivals § corival corrival } |
| COURANTE | [n. -S] · an old, lively dance / [x] { coranto courant courante couranto § corantoes corantos courantes courantoes courantos courants § courant } |
| CURATIVE | [n. -S] · something that cures |
| CYNOSURE | [n. -S] · a center of attraction |
| DECISION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to win a victory over a boxing opponent on points |
| DECISIVE | [a.] · conclusive |
| DECOUPLE | [v. -PLED, -PLING°, -PLES] · to disconnect |
| DECREPIT | [a.] · worn out by long use |
| DEIFICAL | [a.] · deific «godlike» / [x] { deific deifical } |
| DEMOLISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to destroy |
| DERISORY | [a.] · derisive / [x] { derisive § derisive derisory } |
| DIACONAL | [a.] · pertaining to a deacon |
| DIOCESAN | [n. -S] · a bishop |
| DIRECTOR | [n. -S] · one that directs |
| DISFAVOR | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to regard with disapproval / [x] { disfavor disfavour § disfavors disfavours § disfavor disfavored disfavoring disfavors disfavour disfavoured disfavouring disfavours § disfavored disfavoured } |
| DISGORGE | [v. -GORGED, -GORGING, -GORGES] · to vomit |
| DISORDER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to put out of order |
| DISPERSE | [v. -PERSED, -PERSING, -PERSES] · to scatter |
| DISPLACE | [v. -PLACED, -PLACING, -PLACES] · to remove from the usual or proper place |
| DISSUADE | [v. -SUADED, -SUADING, -SUADES] · to persuade not to do something |
| DISUNION | [n. -S] · the state of being disunited |
| DIVIDEND | [n. -S] · a quantity to be divided |
| DOCILITY | [n. -TIES] · the quality of being docile |
| DOCUMENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to support by conclusive information or evidence |
| DOGMATIC | < DOGMA, [n. -MAS or -MATA] · a principle or belief put forth as authoritative - DOGMATIC° [a.] / [x] { dogma dogmatic dogmatical § dogmas dogmata dogmatics § dogmatic dogmatical } |
| DOMESTIC | [n. -S] · a household servant |
| DOMINANT | [n. -S] · a controlling genetic character |
| DOMINEER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to tyrannize |
| ECONOMIC | [a.] · pertaining to financial matters / [x] { economic economical } |
| EFFUSION | [n. -S] · an outpouring of emotion |
| EJECTION | [n. -S] · the act of ejecting |
| ELEPHANT | [n. -S] · a large mammal |
| EMISSION | [n. -S] · the act of emitting - EMISSIVE [a.] |
| ENGINEER | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to carry through or manage by contrivance |
| ENTRANCE | [v. -TRANCED, -TRANCING, -TRANCES] · to fill with delight or wonder |
| EQUALITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being equal |
| ERUPTION | [n. -S] · the act of erupting |
| ESCALLOP | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to scallop / [x] { escallop escalop escalope scallop scollop § escallops escalopes escalops scallops scollops § escallop escalloped escalloping escallops escalop escaloped escaloping escalops scallop scalloped scalloping scallops scollop scolloped scolloping scollops § escalloped escaloped scalloped } |
| EVICTION | [n. -S] · the act of evicting |
| EXPIABLE | [a.] · capable of being expiated |
| FAVORITE | [n. -S] · a person or thing preferred above all others / [x] { favorite favourite § favorites favourites § favorite favorites favourite favourites § favorite favourite } |
| FECULENT | [a.] · foul with impurities |
| FEROCITY | [n. -TIES] · fierceness |
| FINALITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being conclusive |
| FUNCTION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to be in action |
| GERMINAL | [a.] · being in the earliest stage of development |
| GRANDEUR | [n. -S] · the state of being grand |
| GRATUITY | [n. -ITIES] · a gift of money |
| GUTTURAL | [n. -S] · a throaty sound |
| HEMATITE | [n. -S] · an ore of iron / [x] { haematite hematite § haematites hematites } |
| HEREDITY | [n. -TIES] · the genetic transmission of characteristics |
| ILLUSORY | [a.] · based on illusion / [x] { illusive illusory } |
| IMBECILE | [n. -S] · a mentally deficient person / [x] { imbecile § imbeciles § imbecile imbecilic } |
| IMMATURE | [a. -ER, -EST] · not fully grown or developed / ----- [n. -S] · an immature individual (=immaturer immaturest) |
| IMPLICIT | [a.] · implied / [x] { imply implying § implied implies imply implying § implicit implied } |
| IMPOSTER | [n. -S] · impostor / [x] { imposter impostor § imposters impostors } |
| IMPOSTOR | [n. -S] · one that poses as another for deceptive purposes / [x] { imposter impostor § imposters impostors } |
| IMPROPER | [a. -ER, -EST] · not proper (=improperer improperest) |
| IMPUNITY | [n. -TIES] · exemption from penalty |
| INCIDENT | [n. -S] · an event |
| INDIGENE | [n. -S] · a native / [x] { indigen indigene § indigenes indigens § indigene } |
| INFERNAL | [a.] · pertaining to hell |
| INSTANCE | [v. -STANCED, -STANCING, -STANCES] · to cite as an example |
| INTEGRAL | [n. -S] · a total unit |
| INVASION | [n. -S] · the act of invading - INVASIVE [a.] |
| KICKSHAW | [n. -S] · a trifle or trinket |
| LAXATIVE | [n. -S] · a drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels |
| LEGERITY | [n. -TIES] · quickness of the mind or body |
| LITIGANT | [n. -S] · one who is engaged in a lawsuit |
| LODGMENT | [n. -S] · a lodging / [x] { lodgement lodging lodgment § lodgements lodgings lodgments § lodging } |
| LUMINOUS | [a.] · giving off light |
| MAJORITY | [n. -TIES] · the greater number or part |
| MARITIME | [a.] · pertaining to navigation or commerce on the sea |
| MARMOSET | [n. -S] · a small monkey |
| MARTAGON | [n. -S] · a flowering plant |
| MASSACRE | [v. -CRED, -CRING, -CRES] · to kill indiscriminately~ |
| MEDULLAR | < MEDULLA, [n. -LAS or -LAE] · the central tissue in the stems of certain plants - MEDULLAR [a.] |
| MILESIAN | [a.] · pertaining to the native people of Ireland~ |
| MINATORY | [a.] · threatening |
| MISPRIZE | [v. -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] · to despise |
| MOBILITY | [n. -TIES] · the ability to move |
| MONITION | [n. -S] · a warning |
| MONOPOLE | [n. -S] · a type of radio antenna |
| MORALITY | [n. -TIES] · conformity to the rules of right conduct |
| MORBIFIC | [a.] · causing disease |
| MUSTACHE | [n. -S] · a growth of hair on the upper lip / [x] { moustache mustache § moustaches mustaches } |
| NAUMACHY | [n. -CHIES] · a mock sea battle |
| NAUTICAL | [a.] · pertaining to ships |
| OCCUPANT | [n. -S] · a resident |
| OPUSCULE | [n. -S] · a minor work / [x] { opuscule opusculum § opuscula opuscules } |
| ORACULAR | < ORACLE, [n. -S] · a person through whom a deity is believed to speak - ORACULAR [a.] |
| OSSICONE | † [n. -S] · horn-like~ protuberance on head of giraffe or male okapi |
| OTIOSITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being otiose «lazy» |
| OVERPLUS | [n. -ES] · a surplus |
| PALINODE | [n. -S] · a formal retraction |
| PALISADE | [v. -SADED, -SADING, -SADES] · to fortify with a heavy fence |
| PALPABLE | [a.] · capable of being felt - PALPABLY [b.] |
| PARAKEET | [n. -S] · a small parrot / [x] { parakeet paraquet paroquet parrakeet parroket § parakeets paraquets paroquets parrakeets parrokets } |
| PARALLEL | [v. -LELED or -LELLED, -LELING or -LELLING, -LELS] · to be similar or analogous to |
| PARAMENT | [n. -MENTS or -MENTA] · an ornamental vestment |
| PARAQUET | [n. -S] · parakeet / [x] { parakeet paraquet paroquet parrakeet parroket § parakeets paraquets paroquets parrakeets parrokets } |
| PARASITE | [n. -S] · an organism that lives and feeds on or in another organism |
| PARENTAL | [a.] · pertaining to a parent |
| PARMESAN | [n. -S] · a hard, dry Italian~ cheese |
| PAROQUET | [n. -S] · parakeet / [x] { parakeet paraquet paroquet parrakeet parroket § parakeets paraquets paroquets parrakeets parrokets } |
| PARROKET | [n. -S] · parakeet / [x] { parakeet paraquet paroquet parrakeet parroket § parakeets paraquets paroquets parrakeets parrokets } |
| PARTICLE | [n. -S] · a very small piece or part |
| PASTORAL | [n. -S] · a literary or artistic work that depicts country life / [x] { pastoral pastorale § pastorales pastorali pastorals § pastoral } |
| PATHETIC | [a.] · arousing pity / [x] { pathetic pathetical } |
| PEDESTAL | [v. -TALED or -TALLED, -TALING or -TALLING, -TALS] · to provide with an architectural support or base |
| PENCHANT | [n. -S] · a strong liking for something |
| PERSPIRE | [v. -SPIRED, -SPIRING, -SPIRES] · to give off moisture through the pores of the skin - PERSPIRY [a.] |
| PETRONEL | [n. -S] · a portable firearm |
| PETULANT | [a.] · peevish «irritable» |
| PILASTER | [n. -S] · a rectangular column |
| POLITICK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to engage in politics |
| POPULACE | [n. -S] · the common people |
| PRATIQUE | [n. -S] · clearance given a ship by the health authority of a port |
| PREJUDGE | [v. -JUDGED, -JUDGING, -JUDGES] · to judge beforehand |
| PRETENSE | [n. -S] · the act of pretending / [x] { pretence pretense § pretences pretenses } |
| PRISTINE | [a.] · pertaining to the earliest time or state |
| PRODIGAL | [n. -S] · one who spends lavishly and foolishly |
| PROTOCOL | [v. -COLED or -COLLED, -COLING or -COLLING, -COLS] · to form a preliminary draft of an official document |
| PUNITIVE | [a.] · inflicting punishment / [x] { punitive punitory } |
| PURULENT | [a.] · secreting pus |
| QUIETUDE | [n. -S] · a state of tranquillity |
| QUINTAIN | [n. -S] · an object used as a target in a medieval sport |
| REGIMENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to form into military units |
| REGIONAL | [n. -S] · something that serves as a region |
| REPUBLIC | [n. -S] · a constitutional form of government |
| RESINOUS | [a.] · resembling resin / [x] { resinier resiniest resinous resiny } |
| RESOURCE | [v. -SOURCED, -SOURCING°, -SOURCES] · to provide with supplies (=resourced resourcing) |
| REVEREND | [n. -S] · a clergyman |
| RHAPSODY | [n. -DIES] · an exalted expression of feeling |
| RIGOROUS | [a.] · characterized by rigor |
| RONDELET | [n. -S] · a rondeau of 5 or 7 lines |
| ROTURIER | [n. -S] · a commoner |
| SALUTARY | [a.] · producing a beneficial effect |
| SCIMITAR | [n. -S] · a curved Oriental sword / [x] { scimetar scimitar scimiter simitar § scimetars scimitars scimiters simitars § scimetar scimitar scimitars scimiter } |
| SEIGNEUR | [n. -S] · seignior «a feudal lord» / [x] { seigneur seignior sieur § seigneurs seigniors } |
| SENTENCE | [v. -TENCED, -TENCING°, -TENCES] · to declare judicially the extent of punishment to be imposed |
| SENTINEL | [v. -NELED or -NELLED, -NELING or -NELLING, -NELS] · to stand guard |
| SESTERCE | [n. -S] · a coin of ancient Rome~ |
| SOLECISM | [n. -S] · an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| SORTABLE | < SORT, [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to arrange according to kind, class, or size - SORTABLE [a.] SORTABLY [b.] |
| SPRITELY | [a. -LIER, -LIEST] · full of energy |
| SURGICAL | [a.] · pertaining to surgery |
| SYMPATHY | [n. -THIES] · a feeling of compassion for another's suffering |
| TANGIBLE | [n. -S] · something palpable |
| TARRAGON | [n. -S] · a perennial herb / [x] { estragon tarragon § estragons tarragons } |
| TITULARY | [n. -LARIES] · a titular / [x] { titular titulary § titularies titulars § titular titulary } |
| TRANQUIL | [a. -QUILER or -QUILLER, -QUILEST or -QUILLEST] · free from disturbance |
| TRANSFIX | [v. -FIXED or -FIXT, -FIXING, -FIXES] · to impale |
| TURQUOIS | [n. -ES] · a greenish blue gem / [x] { turkois turquois turquoise § turkoises turquoises § turquoise } |
| VALIDATE | [v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] · to give legal force to |
| VALIDITY | [n. -TIES] · the quality or state of being valid |
| VEHEMENT | [a.] · ardent |
| VERACITY | [n. -TIES] · conformity to truth |
| VERTICAL | [n. -S] · something that is vertical |
| VIOLATER | [n. -S] · violator / [x] { violater violator § violaters violators } |
| VITREOUS | [n. -ES] · the clear jelly that fills the eyeball |
| VOLATILE | [n. -S] · a winged creature |
| ZOOPHYTE | [n. -S] · an invertebrate animal |
| ACQUIESCE | † [v. -D, -CING, -S] · to consent or comply passively |
| ADORATION | [n. -S] · © the act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god |
| AMPLITUDE | [n. -S] · © state of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size |
| AMUSEMENT | [n. -S] · © deep thought; muse |
| ANTIPATHY | [n. -THIES] · © contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste |
| ARCHDUCHY | [n. -CHIES] · © the territory of an archduke or archduchess |
| BATTALION | [n. -S] · © a body of troops; esp~. a body of troops or an army in battle array |
| CANNONADE | [v. -ADED, -ADING, -ADES] · an intense and continuous artillery bombardment |
| CAUTERISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · derivative of cauterize |
| CAUTERIZE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to burn or sear with a cautery or caustic |
| CESSATION | [n. -S] · © a ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war |
| COALITION | [n. -S] · © the act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms |
| COCHINEAL | [n. -S] · also called: cochineal insect. a Mexican~ homopterous insect, Dactylopius~ coccus, that feeds on cacti |
| COLLEAGUE | [n. -S] · © a partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures |
| COLLISION | [n. -S] · © the act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing |
| COMMOTION | [n. -S] · © disturbed or violent motion; agitation |
| COMPOSITE | [v. -POSITED, -POSITING, -POSITES] · © made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language |
| CONDUCTOR | [n. -S] · © one who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director |
| CONTUSION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised |
| COURTESAN | [n. -S] · © a woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot / [x] { courtesan courtezan § courtesans courtezans } |
| COURTEZAN | [n. -S] · derivative of courtesan / [x] { courtesan courtezan § courtesans courtezans } |
| CREPUSCLE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Crepuscule / [x] { crepuscle crepuscule § crepuscles crepuscules } |
| DECALOGUE | [n. -S] · © the Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses~ on Mount Sinai~, and originally written on two tables of stone / [x] { decalog decalogue § decalogs decalogues } |
| DECOMPOSE | † [v. -D, -SING, -S] · to break down into simpler components |
| DEDUCTION | [n. -S] · © act or process of deducing or inferring |
| DEFENSIVE | [n. -S] · © that which defends; a safeguard |
| DEMAGOGUE | [v. -GOGUED, -GOGUING, -GOGUES] · a political agitator who appeals with crude oratory to the prejudice and passions of the mob / [x] { demagog demagogue § demagogs demagogues § demagog demagoged demagoging demagogs demagogue demagogued demagogues demagoguing } |
| DEMOCRACY | [n. -CIES] · © government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people |
| DESERTION | † [n. -S] · act of deserting |
| DETENTION | [n. -S] · © the act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding |
| DEVIATION | [n. -S] · © the act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc~.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty |
| DEXTERITY | [n. -TIES] · © right-handedness~ |
| DIAMETRAL | [a.] · © pertaining to a diameter; diametrical |
| DISCOURSE | [v. -COURSED, -COURSING, -COURSES] · © to exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason |
| DISENGAGE | [v. -D, -ING, -S] · a circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry |
| DISFAVOUR | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · disapproval or dislike / [x] { disfavor disfavour § disfavors disfavours § disfavor disfavored disfavoring disfavors disfavour disfavoured disfavouring disfavours § disfavored disfavoured } |
| DISMANTLE | [v. -TLED, -TLING, -TLES] · © to strip or deprive of dress; to divest |
| DISOBLIGE | † [v.] to be unwilling to oblige |
| DISPARATE | [a.] · © unequal; dissimilar; separate |
| DIVERSIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · © to make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects |
| ECCENTRIC | [n. -S] · © a circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first |
| EDUCATION | † [n. -S] · process of teaching or learning |
| EMPHYSEMA | [n. -S] · © a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue |
| EMULATION | [n. -S] · © the endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry |
| ENDURANCE | [n. -S] · © a state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance |
| ENROLMENT | [n. -S] · the act of enrolling or state of being enrolled |
| ESPERANCE | [n. -S] · © hope |
| EVOCATION | [n. -S] · © the act of calling out or forth |
| EXCRETION | [n. -S] · © the act of excreting «to separate and eliminate from an organic body» |
| EXECUTIVE | [n. -S] · © an impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body |
| FANTASTIC | [n. -S] · © a person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc~.; an eccentric person; a fop |
| FAVOURITE | [n. -S] · (prenominal) most liked; preferred above all others / [x] { favorite favourite § favorites favourites § favorite favorites favourite favourites § favorite favourite } |
| FERTILITY | † [n. -TIES] · capacity to produce offspring |
| FORMALITY | [n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc~. |
| FORMULARY | [n. -RIES] · © a book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae~, etc~.; a book of precedents |
| FRAGILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility |
| FRATERNAL | [a.] · © pf~, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace |
| FRUGALITY | † [n. -TIES] · quality of being frugal |
| FURNITURE | [n. -S] · the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc~. |
| GEOGRAPHY | † [n.] the study of the physical properties of the earth |
| GRENADINE | [n. -S] · © a thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear |
| GROTESQUE | [n. -S] · © a whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes |
| HARLEQUIN | [n. -S] · © a buffoon, dressed in party-colored~ clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew~; originally, a droll rogue of Italian~ comedy |
| HATCHMENT | [n. -S] · © a sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling |
| HERETICAL | [a.] · © containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy |
| HOROSCOPE | † [n.] the position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth |
| HORTATORY | [a.] · © giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech |
| IMMENSITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being immense; inlimited~ or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness |
| IMPARTIAL | [a.] · © not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just |
| IMPORTUNE | [v. -TUNED, -TUNING, -TUNES] · © to require; to demand |
| IMPOSABLE | [a.] · © capable of being imposed or laid on |
| IMPRUDENT | [a.] · © not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper |
| IMPULSIVE | [a.] · © having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent |
| INCAPABLE | † [a.] · lacking ability / [x] { incapable § incapable uncapable } |
| INCORRECT | [a.] · © not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty |
| INDISPOSE | [v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · © to render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify |
| INDOLENCE | [n. -S] · © freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc~. |
| INFLEXION | [n. -S] · © inflection / [x] { inflection inflexion § inflections inflexions } |
| INFRACTOR | [n. -S] · © one who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker |
| INGENIOUS | [a.] · © possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp~ to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic / [x] { enginous ingenious } |
| INJECTION | [n. -S] · © the act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc~. |
| INSIDIOUS | [a.] · © lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe |
| INSTITUTE | [v. -TUTED, -TUTING, -TUTES] · © to set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc~. |
| INTEGRANT | [n. -S] · part of a whole; integral; constituent |
| INTEGRITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory |
| INTERCEDE | [v. -CEDED, -CEDING, -CEDES] · © to pass between; to intervene |
| INTRINSIC | † [a.] innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential / [x] { intrinsic § intrinsic intrinsical } |
| INTUITION | [n. -S] · © a looking after; a regard to |
| INTUITIVE | [a.] · © seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision |
| INVECTIVE | † [n.] an expression which inveighs or rails against a person |
| IRRUPTION | [n. -S] · © a bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea |
| KICKSHAWS | < KICKSHAW, [n. -S] · a trifle or trinket |
| LINEAMENT | [n. -S] · © one of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural |
| LODGEMENT | [n. -S] · © see Lodgment / [x] { lodgement lodging lodgment § lodgements lodgings lodgments § lodging } |
| LOQUACITY | [n. -TIES] · © the habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity |
| MACROCOSM | [n. -S] · © the great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man |
| MAGISTRAL | [a.] · © pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic |
| MARMALADE | [n. -S] · © a preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc~., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence |
| MARTINGAL | † [n.] alternative form of martingale (piece of harness for a horse) / [x] { martingal martingale § martingales martingals § martingal martingale martingales } |
| MATUTINAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the morning; early |
| MISERABLE | [n. -S] · © a miserable person |
| MONARCHIC | [a.] · © alt. of Monarchical / [x] { monarchal monarchial monarchic monarchical } |
| MONOLOGUE | [v. -LOGUED, -LOGUING, -LOGUES] a long speech by one person in a play / [x] { monolog monologue § monologs monologues § monolog monologged monologging monologs monologue monologued monologues monologuing } |
| MOUSTACHE | [n. -S] · © mustache / [x] { moustache mustache § moustaches mustaches } |
| MUSKETEER | [n. -S] · © a soldier armed with a musket |
| NAVICULAR | [n. -S] · © the navicular bone |
| NOCTURNAL | [a.] · © of, pertaining to, done or occurring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc~.; -- opposed to diurnal |
| NOVITIATE | [n. -S] · © the state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments |
| NUTRITION | [n. -S] · © in the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth |
| NUTRITIVE | [n. -S] of or pertaining to nutrition |
| OBFUSCATE | [v. -SCATED, -SCATING, -SCATES] · © to darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder |
| OBJECTION | [n. -S] · © the act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection |
| OBLIQUITY | † [n. -TIES] · the state of being oblique |
| OCCIPITAL | [n. -S] · © the occipital bone |
| OCCURRENT | [n. -S] · © one who meets; hence, an adversary |
| OLFACTION | [n. -S] · © the sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived |
| OSTENSIVE | [a.] · © showing; exhibiting |
| PALAESTRA | [n. -TRAE or -TRAS] · © see Palestra (=palaestras) / [x] { palaestra palestra § palaestrae palaestras palestrae palestras } |
| PARENTAGE | [n. -S] · © descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage |
| PARRAKEET | [n. -S] · © alt. of Parakeet / [x] { parakeet paraquet paroquet parrakeet parroket § parakeets paraquets paroquets parrakeets parrokets } |
| PARRICIDE | [n. -S] · © properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor / [x] { parricide patricide § parricides patricides } |
| PASTORALE | [n. -RALES or -RALI] · © a composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time (=pastorali) / [x] { pastoral pastorale § pastorales pastorali pastorals § pastoral } |
| PASTURAGE | [n. -S] · © grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture |
| PATRICIAN | † [n.] a member of any of the families constituting the populus~ Romanus~. |
| PATRICIDE | [n. -S] · © the murderer of his father / [x] { parricide patricide § parricides patricides } |
| PEACEABLE | [a.] · © begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome |
| PENTARCHY | [n. -CHIES] · © a government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers |
| PERFUSION | [n. -S] · © the act of perfusing «to spread over or through something» |
| PERIPHERY | [n. -RIES] · © the outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface |
| PERSECUTE | † [v.] to pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to |
| PETULANCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Petulancy / [x] { petulance petulancy § petulances petulancies } |
| PISTOLEER | [n. -S] · © one who uses a pistol / [x] { pistoleer pistolier § pistoleers pistoliers } |
| PISTOLIER | [n. -S] · an old word for pistoleer / [x] { pistoleer pistolier § pistoleers pistoliers } |
| PLICATION | [n. -S] · © a folding or fold; a plait / [x] { plication plicature § plications plicatures } |
| PORCELAIN | [n. -S] · © purslain~ |
| PORTATIVE | [a.] · © portable |
| POSTERITY | † [n. -TIES] · future generations |
| POSTILION | [n. -S] · © one who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used / [x] { postilion postillion § postilions postillions } |
| PRAGMATIC | [n. -S] · © one skilled in affairs |
| PRECEDENT | [n. -S] · © something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example |
| PRECIPICE | [n. -S] · © a sudden or headlong fall |
| PROPHETIC | [a.] · © alt. of Prophetical / [x] { prophetic prophetical } |
| PROXIMITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc~.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance |
| PUBESCENT | [a.] · © arrived at puberty |
| PUERILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness~ |
| PULSATIVE | [a.] · © beating; throbbing |
| PURGATIVE | [n. -S] · © a purging medicine; a cathartic |
| QUADRUPED | [n. -S] · © an animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals |
| RECIPIENT | [n. -S] · © a receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still |
| RECOGNISE | [v. -NISED, -NISING, -NISES] · to cognise again + / [x] { recognise recognised recognises recognising recognize recognized recognizes recognizing § recognised recognized } |
| RECOGNIZE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · to cognize again + / [x] { recognise recognised recognises recognising recognize recognized recognizes recognizing § recognised recognized } |
| RECONQUER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to conquer again + |
| RECTANGLE | [n. -S] · © a four-sided~ figure having only right angles; a right-angled~ parallelogram |
| REFERENCE | [v. -ENCED, -ENCING, -ENCES] · the act or an instance of referring |
| REGARDANT | [a.] · (usually postpositive) (heraldry) (of a beast) shown looking backwards over its shoulder |
| REIMBURSE | † [v. -D, -SING, -S] · to pay back |
| RELIQUARY | [n. -RIES] · © a depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept |
| REMISSION | [n. -S] · © the act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up |
| RENCONTRE | [n. -S] · © same as Rencounter, n / [x] { encounter encountering rencontre rencounter § encounters rencounters § encounter encountered encountering encounters rencontre rencounter rencountered rencountering rencounters § encountering } |
| REPARABLE | [a.] · © capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury |
| REPULSION | [n. -S] · a feeling of disgust or aversion |
| REPULSIVE | [a.] · © serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force |
| RETENTIVE | [a.] · © having power to retain; as, a retentive memory |
| RETICENCE | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque~; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness~ |
| REVOCABLE | [a.] · © capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant / [x] { revocable revokable } |
| REVOKABLE | [a.] · derivative of revocable / [x] { revocable revokable } |
| REVULSION | [n. -S] · © a strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal |
| REVULSIVE | [a.] · © causing, or tending to, revulsion |
| RHEUMATIC | [n. -S] · © one affected with rheumatism |
| ROUNDELAY | [n. -LAYS] · © see Rondeau, and Rondel |
| SAFFLOWER | [n. -S] · © an annual composite plant, the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron |
| SEDENTARY | [a.] · © accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man |
| SEDUCTION | † [n.] the act of seducing |
| SERVITUDE | [n. -S] · © the state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence |
| SIGNATURE | [n. -S] · the name of a person or a mark or sign representing his name, marked by himself or by an authorized deputy |
| SPRIGHTLY | [a. -LIER, -LIEST] · © sprightlike~, or spiritlike~; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance |
| STERILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or condition of being sterile |
| SUBTILITY | [n. -TIES] · © subtilty «subtlety» |
| SURCHARGE | [v. -CHARGED, -CHARGING, -CHARGES] · © to overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon |
| SURMULLET | [n. -S] · a US name for the red mullet |
| SYLLOGIZE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to reason by means of syllogisms / [x] { syllogise syllogised syllogises syllogising syllogize syllogized syllogizes syllogizing } |
| SYMBOLISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · derivative of symbolize / [x] { symbolizing § symbolise symbolised symbolises symbolising symbolize symbolized symbolizes symbolizing } |
| SYMBOLIZE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize / [x] { symbolizing § symbolise symbolised symbolises symbolising symbolize symbolized symbolizes symbolizing } |
| TRANSPIRE | [v. -SPIRED, -SPIRING, -SPIRES] · © to pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale |
| TRUCULENT | [a.] · © fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia~ |
| TURPITUDE | [n. -S] · © inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity |
| TURQUOISE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Turquois / [x] { turkois turquois turquoise § turkoises turquoises § turquoise } |
| TYRANNISE | [v. -NISED, -NISING, -NISES] · derivative of tyrannize «when intr~, often foll~ by over to rule or exercise power (over) in a cruel or oppressive manner» / [x] { tyrannise tyrannised tyrannises tyrannising tyrannize tyrannized tyrannizes tyrannizing } |
| TYRANNIZE | † [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to rule as a tyrant / [x] { tyrannise tyrannised tyrannises tyrannising tyrannize tyrannized tyrannizes tyrannizing } |
| VARIATION | † [n. -S] · act or instance of varying |
| VENERABLE | [n. -S] commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position |
| VERBALISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · derivative of verbalize / [x] { verbalise verbalised verbalises verbalising verbalize verbalized verbalizes verbalizing } |
| VERBALIZE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to convert into a verb; to verbify / [x] { verbalise verbalised verbalises verbalising verbalize verbalized verbalizes verbalizing } |
| VERITABLE | [a.] · © agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine |
| VIGILANCE | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness |
| VIOLATION | [n. -S] · © the act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated |
| VIRULENCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Virulency / [x] { virulence virulency § virulences virulencies } |
| VISCOSITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being viscous |
| VOLUNTEER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services |
| ABROGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of abrogating; repeal by authority |
| ADMISSIBLE | [a.] · © entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible |
| AGGRESSION | [n. -S] · © the first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power." |
| ALLEGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of alleging or positively asserting |
| AMPUTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of amputating; esp~. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body |
| APPEARANCE | [n. -S] · © the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me |
| BOMBARDIER | [n. -S] · © one who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner |
| CALIGINOUS | [a.] · © affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure |
| CAPRICIOUS | [a.] · © governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable |
| COMESTIBLE | [n. -S] · © something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural |
| COMPATIBLE | [n. -S] · (usually followed by with) able to exist together harmoniously |
| COMPETENCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Competency / [x] { competence competency § competences competencies } |
| COMPETITOR | [n. -S] · © one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival |
| COMPLICITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt |
| COMPULSION | [n. -S] · © the act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force |
| CONFERENCE | [v. -D, -ING, -S] · © the act of comparing two or more things together; comparison |
| CONFORMITY | [n. -TIES] · © correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between |
| CONSEQUENT | [n. -S] · © that which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect |
| CONTEXTURE | [n. -S] · © the arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture |
| CONTINUITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state of being continuous; uninterupted~ connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers |
| CONTRAVENE | [v. -VENED, -VENING, -VENES] · © to meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat |
| CONVENTION | [n. -S] · a large formal assembly of a group with common interests, such as a political party or trade union |
| COPULATION | [n. -S] · © the act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction |
| CREPUSCULE | [n. -S] · © twilight / [x] { crepuscle crepuscule § crepuscles crepuscules } |
| DEFAMATORY | [a.] · © containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings |
| DELINQUENT | [n. -S] · © failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty |
| DENUDATION | [n. -S] · © the act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare / [x] { denudation denudement § denudations denudements } |
| DEPENDANCE | † [n.] archaic spelling of dependence / [x] { dependance dependence § dependances dependences } |
| DEPENDENCE | [n. -S] · © the act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support / [x] { dependance dependence § dependances dependences } |
| DEPORTMENT | † [n.] bearing |
| DESCENDANT | [n. -S] · © one who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant / [x] { descendant descendent descendents § descendants § descendant descendent } |
| DESCENDENT | [n. -S] · coming or going downwards; descending / [x] { descendant descendent descendents § descendants § descendant descendent } |
| DESOLATION | [n. -S] · © the act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation |
| DETESTABLE | [a.] · © worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices |
| DEVOLUTION | [n. -S] · © the act of rolling down |
| DIAMANTINE | [a.] consisting of or resembling diamond |
| DIFFICULTY | [n. -TIES] · © the state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty |
| DISAPPOINT | † [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to fail to satisfy the expectation or hope of |
| DISCONCERT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy |
| DISCURSIVE | [a.] · © passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory |
| DISENCHANT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion |
| DISSECTION | [n. -S] · © the act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis~ I |
| DISSONANCE | [n. -S] · © a mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord |
| DISTENSION | [n. -S] · © same as Distention / [x] { distension distention § distensions distentions } |
| DISTENTION | [n. -S] · © the act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs / [x] { distension distention § distensions distentions } |
| EMBROIDERY | [n. -RIES] · © needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc~.; also, the art of embroidering / [x] { broidery embroidery § broideries embroideries } |
| ENERVATION | [n. -S] · © the act of weakening, or reducing strength |
| ENROLLMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of enrolling; registration |
| EXPEDITION | [n. -S] · © the quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition |
| EXPRESSION | [n. -S] · © the act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth |
| EXPRESSIVE | [a.] · © serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude |
| FRATRICIDE | [n. -S] · © the act of one who murders or kills his own brother |
| HARASSMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety |
| HARMONIOUS | [a.] · © adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical |
| HORIZONTAL | [n. -S] · parallel to the plane of the horizon; level; flat Compare vertical |
| HOSPITABLE | [a.] · © receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality |
| HYPOTHESIS | [n. -THESES] a tentative explanation proposed as a basis for investigation / [v. -HYPOTHESES,-ED, -ES, -ING] to hypothesize |
| IMPALEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of impaling, or the state of being impaled |
| IMPALPABLE | [a.] · © not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch |
| IMPECCABLE | [a.] · © not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong |
| IMPORTABLE | [a.] · © capable of being imported |
| IMPUDICITY | [n. -TIES] · © immodesty «© want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency» |
| IMPUTATION | [n. -S] · derivative of impute «to attribute or ascribe (something dishonest or dishonourable, esp~ a criminal offence) to a person» |
| INCITATION | [n. -S] · © the act of inciting or moving to action |
| INEVITABLE | [n. -S] · © not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain |
| INFLECTION | [n. -S] · © the act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected / [x] { inflection inflexion § inflections inflexions } |
| INFLEXIBLE | [a.] · © not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding |
| INGREDIENT | [n. -S] · © that which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent |
| INHUMANITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity |
| INIMITABLE | [a.] · © not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence |
| INITIATION | [n. -S] · © the act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc~. |
| INNOVATION | [n. -S] · © the act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc~. |
| INSPECTION | [n. -S] · derivative of inspect |
| INTANGIBLE | [n. -S] · incapable of being perceived by touch; impalpable |
| INTIMATION | [n. -S] · © the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated |
| INVALIDATE | † [v. -D, -TING, -S] · to nullify |
| IRRIGATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants |
| IRRITATION | † [n. -S] · the act of irritating or state of being irritated |
| JOUISSANCE | [n.] enjoyment, delight, pleasure |
| LANGUOROUS | [a.] · © producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor |
| LIBERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of liberating or the state of being liberated |
| MAMMILLARY | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid~ |
| MANSUETUDE | [n. -S] · © tameness; gentleness; mildness |
| MARTINGALE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Martingal / [x] { martingal martingale § martingales martingals § martingal martingale martingales } |
| MASQUERADE | [v. -ADED, -ADING, -ADES] · © to assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade |
| MEDITATIVE | [a.] · © disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood |
| MEMBRANOUS | [a.] · © pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining |
| MENDACIOUS | [a.] · © given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person |
| MERIDIONAL | [n. -S] · along, relating to, or resembling a meridian |
| MIRACULOUS | [a.] · © of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes |
| MODERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint |
| NATURALISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · derivative of naturalize / [x] { naturalise naturalised naturalises naturalising naturalize naturalized naturalizes naturalizing § naturalised naturalized } |
| NATURALIZE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · © to make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study / [x] { naturalise naturalised naturalises naturalising naturalize naturalized naturalizes naturalizing § naturalised naturalized } |
| NAVIGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable |
| OCCIDENTAL | [a.] · © of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet |
| ORDINATION | [n. -S] · © the act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc~. |
| ORTHOGONAL | [a.] · © right-angled~; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another |
| OUTRAGEOUS | [a.] · being or having the nature of an outrage |
| PALLIATION | [n. -S] · © the act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices |
| PALLIATIVE | [n. -S] · © that which palliates; a palliative agent |
| PARALOGISM | † [n.] a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion |
| PARAPHRASE | [v. -PHRASED, -PHRASING, -PHRASES] · © to express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language |
| PASQUINADE | [v. -NADED, -NADING, -NADES] · © to lampoon, to satirize |
| PERCUSSION | [n. -S] · © the act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp~. such as gives a sound or report |
| PLANTATION | [n. -S] · © the act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth |
| PLEASANTRY | [n. -TRIES] · © that which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage |
| POSSESSIVE | [n. -S] · © the possessive case |
| PRACTICIAN | [n. -S] a practitioner |
| PREDISPOSE | [v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · © to dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship |
| PREEMINENT | † [a.] · superior to all others |
| PREFECTURE | [n. -S] · © the office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence |
| PREFERABLE | [a.] · © worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme |
| PREVALENCE | † [n.] the quality or condition of being prevalent |
| PROJECTION | [n. -S] · © the act of throwing or shooting forward |
| PROTOPLAST | [n. -S] · © the thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original |
| PROVENANCE | [n. -S] · a place of origin, esp~ that of a work of art or archaeological specimen |
| RECITATION | [n. -S] · the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse before an audience |
| REFLECTION | [n. -S] · the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected / [x] { reflection reflexion § reflections reflexions } |
| REFUTATION | † [n. -S] · act of refuting |
| REGULARITY | [n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion |
| REPLICABLE | [a.] · able to be replicated |
| RETARDANCE | † [n. -S] · phase shift difference between polarizations of reflected light |
| RETURNABLE | [n. -S] · able to be taken, given, or sent back |
| REVERSIBLE | [n. -S] · capable of being reversed |
| SALMAGUNDI | [n. -S or -ES] · © a mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions (=salmagundies) / [x] { salmagundi salmagundies § salmagundis } |
| SCHOLASTIC | [n. -S] · © one who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools |
| SCIENTIFIC | [a.] · © of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations |
| SCRUPULOUS | [a.] · © full ofscrupules~; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong |
| SEIGNORAGE | [n. -S] · seigniorage «all the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals» / [x] { seigniorage seignorage § seigniorages seignorages } |
| SOMNOLENCE | † [n.] a state of drowsiness or sleepiness |
| SUBSEQUENT | [n. -S] · occurring after; succeeding |
| SUBSIDIARY | [n. -RIES] · © one who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary |
| SUBTERFUGE | [n. -S] · © that to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion |
| TOLERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved |
| TRANSITION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another |
| TRANSITORY | [a.] · © continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent |
| UMBRAGEOUS | [a.] · © forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage |
| VALIDATION | [n. -S] · © the act of giving validity |
| VEGETATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth |
| VISIBILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being visible |
| VOLUPTUOUS | [a.] · © full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual |
| ABOLISHMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of abolishing; abolition; destruction |
| ACHIEVEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object |
| AFFECTATION | [n. -S] · © an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show |
| AIGUILLETTE | [n. -S] · © a point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet / [x] { aglet aiglet aiguillette § aglets aiglets } |
| ALEXANDRINE | [n. -S] · © a kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables |
| ALTERNATIVE | [n. -S] · © an offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left |
| ANTECHAMBER | [n. -S] · © a chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber |
| ARISTOCRACY | [n. -CIES] · © government by the best citizens |
| ASSASSINATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · © to kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence |
| ATTESTATION | † [n. -S] · act of attesting |
| ATTRIBUTION | [n. -S] · © the act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause |
| COAGULATION | † [n. -S] · act of coagulating «to change from liquid to semisolid mass» |
| COALESCENCE | [n. -S] · © the act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion |
| COINCIDENCE | [n. -S] · © the condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc~. |
| COMBUSTIBLE | [n. -S] · © a substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn |
| COMPILATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources |
| COMPORTMENT | [n. -S] · © manner of acting; behavior; bearing |
| COMPRESSION | [n. -S] · © the act of compressing, or state of being compressed |
| COMPURGATOR | [n. -S] · © one who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another |
| CONFERRENCE | [n. -S] · an act of bestowal |
| CONGELATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing |
| CONSISTENCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Consistency / [x] { consistence consistency § consistences consistencies } |
| CONTENTIOUS | [a.] · © fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome |
| CONTENTMENT | [n. -S] · derivative of content |
| CONTRARIETY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism |
| CULTIVATION | [n. -S] · © the art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage |
| DESICCATION | [n. -S] · © the act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated |
| DETESTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing |
| DISCERNABLE | [a.] · (rare) another word for discernible / [x] { discernable discernible } |
| DISCERNIBLE | [a.] · © capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding / [x] { discernable discernible } |
| DISCERNMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of discerning |
| DISCORDANCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Discordancy / [x] { discordance discordancy § discordances discordancies } |
| DISTRACTION | [n. -S] · © the act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation |
| DOMESTICATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation |
| ENUMERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting |
| ENVIRONMENT | [n. -S] · © act of environing; state of being environed |
| EXCLAMATION | † [n.] a loud calling or crying out |
| EXPECTATION | [n. -S] · © the act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen |
| EXPLICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation |
| FAMILIARITY | † [n. -TIES] · close acquaintance or knowledge |
| FARTHINGALE | [n. -S] · © a hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat |
| FULMINATION | [n. -S] · © the act of fulminating or exploding; detonation |
| GRAMMATICAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule |
| HUMILIATION | [n. -S] · © the act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification |
| IMMEDICABLE | [a.] · © not to be healed; incurable |
| IMPETUOSITY | [n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence |
| IMPUISSANCE | [n. -S] · © lack of power; inability |
| INCERTITUDE | [n. -S] · © uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt |
| INCONGRUITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness~; inconsistency; impropriety |
| INELUCTABLE | [a.] · © not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable |
| INESTIMABLE | [a.] · © incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges |
| INEXCUSABLE | [a.] · © not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly |
| INFERTILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness~; barrenness |
| INFRANGIBLE | [a.] · © not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms |
| INSINUATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in |
| INSTABILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building |
| IRREPARABLE | [a.] · © not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss |
| IRREVOCABLE | [a.] · © incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate |
| JUSTICIABLE | [a.] · © proper to be examined in a court of justice |
| JUSTIFIABLE | [a.] · © capable of being justified, or shown to be just |
| MALEFICENCE | [n. -S] · © evil doing, esp~. to others |
| MALEVOLENCE | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will |
| MATRIMONIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties |
| MEDICINABLE | [a.] · © medicinal; having the power of healing |
| MINISTERIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant |
| MISFEASANCE | [n. -S] · © a trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do |
| MOUNTAINOUS | [a.] · © full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss |
| MYTHOLOGISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · derivative of mythologize «to tell, study, or explain (myths)» |
| MYTHOLOGIZE | [v. -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] · © to relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths |
| NECESSITOUS | [a.] · © very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty |
| NEGOTIATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc~. |
| NOURISHMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition |
| OPPORTUNITY | [n. -TIES] · © fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance |
| PALPITATION | [n. -S] · © a rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp~., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease |
| PARTICIPANT | [n. -S] · © a participator; a partaker |
| PERSISTENCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Persistency / [x] { persistence persistency § persistences persistencies } |
| PERSPECTIVE | [n. -S] · © of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical |
| PERTINACITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency |
| PORTMANTEAU | [n. -TEAUX or -TEAUS] · © a bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc~., on journeys |
| PRACTICABLE | [a.] · © that may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good |
| PRAGMATICAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner |
| PRECIPITANT | [n. -S] · © any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate |
| PRESENTMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation |
| PROBABILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood |
| PROBLEMATIC | [n. -S] · having the nature or appearance of a problem; questionable |
| PROFANATION | [n. -S] · derivative of profane |
| PROGRESSIVE | [n. -S] · of or relating to progress |
| PROPAGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants |
| PROSECUTION | † [n. -S] · act of prosecuting |
| PROSPECTIVE | [a.] · looking towards the future |
| PROVISIONAL | [n. -S] · subject to later alteration; temporary or conditional |
| PROVOCATIVE | [n. -S] · © anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite |
| RAREFACTION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air |
| RATIONALIST | [n. -S] · © one who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner |
| REALISATION | [n. -S] · derivative of realize / [x] { realisation realization § realisations realizations } |
| REALIZATION | [n. -S] · © the act of realizing, or the state of being realized / [x] { realisation realization § realisations realizations } |
| RECLAMATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of reclaiming |
| REPARTITION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · distribution or allotment |
| RESPONSIBLE | [a.] · © liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office |
| RESTRICTIVE | [n. -S] · restricting or tending to restrict |
| REVERBERANT | [a.] · © having the quality of reverberation; reverberating |
| SEIGNIORAGE | † [n.] all the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals / [x] { seigniorage seignorage § seigniorages seignorages } |
| SUPERSCRIPT | [n. -S] · © superscription «© the act of superscribing» |
| TRAGICOMEDY | [n. -DIES] · a drama in which aspects of both tragedy and comedy are found |
| TRANQUILISE | † [v.] · alternative spelling of tranquilize «to make calm» / [x] { trank tranq tranquilizer tranquilizing tranquilliser tranquillizer § tranks tranqs tranquilizers tranquillisers tranquillizers § trank tranked tranking tranks tranq tranqs tranquilise tranquilised tranquilises tranquilising tranquilize tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillise tranquillised tranquillises tranquillising tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing § tranquilizing } |
| TRANQUILIZE | [v. -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES] · © alt. of Tranquillize / [x] { trank tranq tranquilizer tranquilizing tranquilliser tranquillizer § tranks tranqs tranquilizers tranquillisers tranquillizers § trank tranked tranking tranks tranq tranqs tranquilise tranquilised tranquilises tranquilising tranquilize tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillise tranquillised tranquillises tranquillising tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing § tranquilizing } |
| TRANSACTION | [n. -S] · © the doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance |
| TRANSVERSAL | [n. -S] · © a straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced |
| VENTILATION | † [n. -S] · act of ventilating |
| VERTIGINOUS | [a.] · © turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion |
| ADULTERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement by foreign mixture |
| ADVANTAGEOUS | [a.] · © being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation |
| ANNIHILATION | † [n. -S] · complete destruction |
| ANNOUNCEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication |
| ASTRONOMICAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy / [x] { astronomic astronomical } |
| CAPITULATION | [n. -S] · © a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement |
| CARAVANSERAI | [n. -S] · (in some Eastern countries esp~ formerly) a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans / [x] { caravansary caravanserai § caravansaries caravanserais } |
| COMPLICATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity |
| CONSERVATIVE | [n. -S] · © one who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver |
| DISTRIBUTIVE | [n. -S] · © tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share |
| FRONTISPIECE | [n. -S] · © the part which first meets the eye |
| ILLUMINATION | [n. -S] · © the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated |
| ILLUSTRATION | [n. -S] · © the act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct |
| IMMUTABILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being immutable; immutableness |
| IMPARTIALITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness~; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc~. |
| IMPERTINENCE | [n. -S] · © the condition or quality of being impertnent~; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness |
| IMPLANTATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of implantating~ |
| INACCESSIBLE | [a.] · © not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc~. |
| INADMISSIBLE | [a.] · © not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation |
| INADVERTENCE | [n. -S] · © alt. of Inadvertency / [x] { inadvertence inadvertency § inadvertences inadvertencies } |
| INAUGURATION | [n. -S] · © the act of inuagurating~, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies |
| INCONSEQUENT | [a.] · © not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence |
| INCONSOLABLE | [a.] · © not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate |
| INCONVENIENT | [a.] · © not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient |
| INCORPORABLE | [a.] · capable of being incorporated or included |
| INDECLINABLE | [a.] · (of a noun or pronoun) having only one form; not declined for case or number |
| INEXTRICABLE | [a.] · © incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion |
| INHOSPITABLE | [a.] · © not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people |
| INSTALLATION | [n. -S] · © the act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish |
| INSTILLATION | [n. -S] · © the of instilling; also, that which is instilled |
| INSUFFICIENT | [a.] · © not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality |
| INTELLIGIBLE | [a.] · able to be understood; comprehensible |
| INTEMPERANCE | [n. -S] · © the act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions |
| INTERCESSION | † [n.] the act of intervening or mediating between two parties |
| INTERMITTENT | [a.] · © coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever |
| INTERSECTION | [n. -S] · © the act, state, or place of intersecting |
| INVISIBILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible |
| INVULNERABLE | [a.] · © incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury |
| IRREGULARITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular |
| IRRESOLUTION | [n. -S] · © want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation |
| ORGANIZATION | [n. -S] · © the act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body / [x] { organisation organization § organisations organizations } |
| PATRIARCHATE | [n. -S] · © the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch |
| PERSPIRATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of perspiring |
| PERTURBATION | [n. -S] · © the act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp~., agitation of mind |
| PRECOGNITION | [n. -S] · © previous cognition |
| PRESCRIPTION | [n. -S] · © the act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed |
| PRESENTIMENT | † [n.] a premonition |
| PROMULGATION | [n. -S] · © the act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel |
| QUINTESSENCE | [n. -S] · © the fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body |
| RAMIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement |
| REGENERATIVE | [a.] · derivative of regenerate |
| REMONSTRANCE | [n. -S] · the act of remonstrating; protestation / [x] { monstrance remonstrance § monstrances remonstrances } |
| REPERCUSSION | [n. -S] · (often plural) a result or consequence, esp~ one that is somewhat removed from the action or event which precipitated it |
| SATISFACTORY | † [a.] · meeting requirements or expectations |
| SCRUPULOUSLY | [b.] · derivative of scrupulous |
| SOLICITATION | [n. -S] · derivative of solicit |
| STUPEFACTION | [n. -S] · © the act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied |
| SUBSTITUTION | † [n.] the act of substituting or the state of being substituted |
| SUPEREMINENT | [a.] · © eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ~ |
| SUPERSTITION | [n. -S] · © an excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious |
| SURVEILLANCE | [n. -S] · © oversight; watch; inspection; supervision |
| TRANQUILLISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · (British~) a variant spelling of tranquillize / [x] { trank tranq tranquilizer tranquilizing tranquilliser tranquillizer § tranks tranqs tranquilizers tranquillisers tranquillizers § trank tranked tranking tranks tranq tranqs tranquilise tranquilised tranquilises tranquilising tranquilize tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillise tranquillised tranquillises tranquillising tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing § tranquilizing } |
| TRANQUILLIZE | † [v. -D, -ZING, -S] · to make calm / [x] { trank tranq tranquilizer tranquilizing tranquilliser tranquillizer § tranks tranqs tranquilizers tranquillisers tranquillizers § trank tranked tranking tranks tranq tranqs tranquilise tranquilised tranquilises tranquilising tranquilize tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillise tranquillised tranquillises tranquillising tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing § tranquilizing } |
| ULTRAMONTANE | [n. -S] · © one who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner / [x] { tramontana tramontane ultramontane § tramontanas tramontanes ultramontanes § tramontane ultramontane } |
| VERIFICATION | [n. -S] · establishment of the correctness of a theory, fact, etc~. |
| ADVERTISEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of informing or notifying; notification / [x] { advertisement advertizement § advertisements advertizements } |
| ADVERTIZEMENT | † [n.] alternative spelling of advertisement / [x] { advertisement advertizement § advertisements advertizements } |
| ANIMADVERSION | [n. -S] · © the act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception |
| ARITHMETICIAN | [n. -S] · © one skilled in arithmetic |
| CLARIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine |
| COMMISERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion |
| COMMUNICATIVE | [a.] · © inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others |
| COMPREHENSION | [n. -S] · © the act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion |
| COMPREHENSIVE | [n. -S] · © including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view |
| CONFLAGRATION | [n. -S] · © a fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning |
| CONFRATERNITY | [n. -TIES] · © a society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood |
| CONFRONTATION | [n. -S] · © act of confrontating~ |
| CONTRAVENTION | [n. -S] · © the act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation |
| CONVALESCENCE | † [n.] a gradual healing after illness or injury |
| CORRESPONDENT | [n. -S] · © one with whom intercourse is carried on by letter |
| COUNTERCHANGE | [v. -CHANGED, -CHANGING, -CHANGES] · © to give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange |
| ENCOURAGEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity |
| EXTERMINATION | [n. -S] · © the act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field |
| FORTIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy |
| GLORIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of glorifyng~ or of giving glory to |
| GRATIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart |
| IMPOSSIBILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality of being impossible; impracticability~ |
| INCORRUPTIBLE | [n. -S] · one that is incorruptible / ----- † [a.] · incapable of being corrupted |
| INDEFATIGABLE | [a.] · © incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application |
| INDISPENSABLE | [n. -S] · absolutely necessary; essential |
| INELIGIBILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being ineligible |
| INSUBSTANTIAL | [a.] · © unsubstantial; not real or strong / [x] { insubstantial unsubstantial } |
| INVINCIBILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness |
| INVIOLABILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness |
| PETRIFICATION | [n. -S] · © see Petrifaction / [x] { petrifaction petrification § petrifactions petrifications } |
| PREOCCUPATION | [n. -S] · © the act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession |
| PUSILLANIMITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness |
| QUALIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified |
| SEQUESTRATION | [n. -S] · the act of sequestering or state of being sequestered |
| TRANSCRIPTION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions |
| TRANSPIRATION | † [n. -S] · process of giving off vapor through pores |
| DISCOUNTENANCE | [v. -NANCED, -NANCING, -NANCES] · © to ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash |
| INCONSIDERABLE | [a.] · © not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum |
| IRRECONCILABLE | [n. -S] · not able to be reconciled; uncompromisingly~ conflicting; incompatible |
| MULTIPLICATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation |
| NATURALISATION | [n. -S] · derivative of naturalize / [x] { naturalisation naturalization § naturalisations naturalizations } |
| NATURALIZATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of naturalizing, esp~. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized / [x] { naturalisation naturalization § naturalisations naturalizations } |
| PRESUPPOSITION | [n. -S] · © the act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption |
| RECOMMENCEMENT | [n. -S] · derivative of recommence |
| TRANSFORMATION | [n. -S] · © the act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition |
| VERISIMILITUDE | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood |
| INACCESSIBILITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness~ |
| INCOMMENSURABLE | † [a.] · having no common measure |
| INCONSIDERATION | [n. -S] · © want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness~ |
| PROCRASTINATION | [n. -S] · © the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness |
| TRANSPLANTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal |